Political Quotes

“I rise today to recognize an excerpt of this article by George Black, honoring the legacies of Senator Patrick Leahy and Tim Rieser, that was originally published in the New Republic on December 19, 2022. I ask unanimous consent that the following excerpt honoring Senator Patrick Leahy and Tim Rieser be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New Republic, Dec. 19, 2022] For Patrick Leahy, The Vietnam War Is Finally Ending (By George Black) For 33 years, the retiring Vermont senator and a top aide have quietly but doggedly been working to bind the many wounds of a war that touched the lives of nearly every Vietnamese family. This is what public service is. It was a late afternoon in mid-November, with the nip of early winter in the air, when I visited the Russell Senate Office Building to meet with Vermont Senator Pat Leahy in his spacious yet surprisingly intimate office, with a sofa and chairs arranged near the fireplace. An aide squatted down beside us to add another log to the fire. Leahy's wife of 60 years, Marcelle, joined us, carrying a large bouquet of flowers. The couple still convey a strong sense of the people they were in the early years of their marriage--he a small- town lawyer, she a nurse at a local hospital. Leahy showed off photos of their three children and five grandchildren.…”