Political Quotes

“Senator Chambliss, my remarks are personal. We worked together for the past 8 years on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. For 4 years we have worked as chair and cochair. We have exchanged views, we have negotiated bills, and we have shared information. We have been there through very tough times and some very pleasant times. It is very hard for me to see you go. I have learned to trust you. I respect you. We have worked together. The committee put together a Benghazi report. We worked very hard. We found areas of agreement. Senator Collins of the committee is here, and Senator Warner is here. Am I missing anyone else from the committee? There is Senator Burr, who will be the new chairman, and Senator Coats, Senator Coburn. We were able to come together and put together a report unanimously, and it was really because of your leadership. As I watched, what became very apparent is that maybe your side isn't as fractious as my side is. You were able to say yes, we can do this or no, we can't do that, and you reflected your Members. That made it very easy for me, and I am very grateful. Yesterday we disagreed. You have never taken a cheap shot. We worked together at the same time to move our intelligence authorization bill. There was one last glitch which you worked out, and that bill passed unanimously last night. Together we have worked to put together an information-sharing bill for what is probably our No.…”