Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I also rise this evening to talk about the nomination of our colleague from Alabama, Senator Jeff Sessions, to serve as our next Attorney General. Like many of our colleagues, I have heard from an incredible number of people in my State regarding this nomination--some in favor, fewer than 100--many against. Almost 1,300 Delawareans have called, emailed, or written to my office, expressing their opposition to Senator Sessions' nomination. I would like to share, if I could, just a few excerpts from some of the emails that I have received concerning this nomination. We will start with Priscilla from the town of Newport in the northern part of our State. She wrote to me about the experience of her family growing up in a segregated society. Here is what she had to say. She said: I lived through my parents not having the right to vote, not being able to go through the front door of a restaurant or doctor's office, using the colored fountains and bathrooms. Never again. Another person, Rhonda from Dewey Beach wrote to me about Senator Sessions' voting record on voting rights. Here is what she had to say. She said: Mr. Sessions has called the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a ``piece of intrusive legislation.'' Under him, the Justice Department would most likely focus less on prosecutions of minority voter suppression and more on rooting out mythical voter fraud. Here is one from Wilmington, DE--my hometown now--from a woman named Dawn.…”