Political Quotes

“I am honored to follow the senior Senator from Connecticut--rising now as the junior Senator from Connecticut--for the same purpose: to urge my colleagues to approve Christopher Droney as a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. I also would like to join in thanking the chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee for bringing this nomination to the floor. Incidentally, I wish to join in Senator Leahy's very eloquent remarks on the Violence Against Women Act, which I too will support after it is introduced. The reauthorization is very much needed, particularly at this point in our history, and I thank him for taking the leadership on this issue as on so many. I thank the senior Senator from Connecticut for championing this nomination, and I thank our colleague, the majority leader, Harry Reid, who is extraordinarily insightful and sensitive to the importance of judicial nominations since he is a lawyer himself--and a very skilled and able one--and has supported this nomination. Today is a very meaningful one for me personally, almost a magical and very momentous moment to stand in this historic and hallowed place and participate in the approval of a man whom I have known for more than 30 years to a position of the utmost importance, a position of trust and responsibility as important as any in this land, and a person of supremely well-recognized qualifications and experience for this position.…”