Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank Senator Leahy for his eloquent statement he made about the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden and the impact and the need for us to come together as one Nation. Mr. President, almost 10 years ago after the horrific attacks of 9/ 11, I voted to go after Osama bin Laden, as all of us did in the Senate at that time, to make sure justice would prevail. Now we know and the world knows that Osama bin Laden has paid the ultimate price for what he did. His death does not lessen the tragic loss of all those killed by al- Qaida or the pain of their loved ones, but it closes a chapter on his unspeakable acts, and there were more than one. They go back to October 2000. They go back to 1998 when their operatives attacked our people on the USS Cole and the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, and there are other attacks that occurred as well. What I want to do in a few minutes today is go back to some of the things I said on September 12, 2001, from a different seat, because I did not have much seniority. I was somewhere over on the front row. The reason I want to restate and read from the Record as to what I said on that day is because I think it is important for me, for myself, to get the type of closure I wanted to get when I cast that vote to go after Osama bin Laden, to go to war and get him. It reminds me of that thirst for justice we all had on that day and that we still have.…”