Political Quotes

“I feel compelled to make this statement at this time on the Senate floor. First, I want to express my profound dismay that after an attack of terrorism that occurred at the Olympics, colleagues on the other side of the aisle would use 1 hour of time to degrade and demean the President of the United States. We only have one President at a time, and we may not think that everything he does is perfect. But at such a time when we are trying to unite as one, in the face of an act of terror and, perhaps, an act of terror on TWA flight 800 not long ago, that we would use the Senate floor in such a blatant partisan way is offensive to me. The junior Senator from Georgia made a few very appropriate remarks in the beginning of his statement. He called for a moment of silence for those who perished, and that was most appropriate. But, after that, we descended into something that I could describe as a blatant attack on this President. It seemed to me as if it was almost scripted, that this is what they had planned to do, and it did not matter what happened over the weekend. I come to the floor to call on our country to come together in the face of what has occurred, not to find issues that divide us. Does that mean that I am pleased with the progress made on the war against drugs? No, I am not. Does that mean that I do not share my colleagues' view that we must do more? I do agree with that. We must do more.…”