Political Quotes

“when I was a little girl, my mother used to tell me about my grandfather, who I never met, because he died very young from a smoking-related illness. I heard about how wonderful he was. And my mother, I remember her saying almost every day of my life, ``Don't smoke. Don't smoke.'' Little did I know then that I would have a chance to do something to turn this epidemic around. And what happens tonight? We are sitting here and are going to see those on the other side kill a chance to make a difference by killing a bill that people are going to continue to die from. It is as simple as that. I just want to say I watched those amendments that were loaded on. Those were amendments from the other side of the aisle, which they said they had to have to vote for a bill. Now they don't even vote for a bill. That shows you the power of the tobacco companies.”