Political Quotes

“I want to take a moment here to speak straight from the heart about Robert Byrd and my experience working with him. I think what distinguishes these two from others is their unbelievable, undying commitment to the people they represented and to this country. It is about this fierce sense of 'fight for your people' that they both had. When I came to the Senate, of course Robert C. Byrd was a legend for sure. He always met with the incoming Senators, to give them the rules of the road about procedure, about how to conduct yourself when you were in the chair, about the dignity of the Senate, and most of all about reverence for the Constitution. As many know and many saw, the image I will always have of Robert C. Byrd is of him reaching inside his suit pocket and bringing out the Constitution--which, along with the Bible, was what he cherished most.”