Political Quotes

“Madam President, before our colleague and friend from Missouri leaves the floor, I want to thank him for a very thoughtful presentation. I want to thank him for that and for his leadership. I know he has other places to go. I am glad I was here to hear that. I wasn't sure if I would continue wearing my mask. I saw the Presiding Officer was wearing theirs and I said: Well, I will keep wearing mine, too. All our staff on the floor, including one of the staff who takes down our words for the Congressional Record and folks who accept documents at the desk in front of us are all wearing masks. I was wearing a mask earlier today going into a markup at a business meeting in the Environment and Public Works Committee. They were also wearing masks. As I was about to go into the business meeting, there was a Capitol police officer there. I said to her: How are you doing today? She said: I am doing fine. I said: Any idea how many of our Capitol police officers have been infected and developed symptoms or had the virus at some point in recent weeks? She said: I believe it is somewhere between 15 and 20. This came as a surprise to me. We haven't heard that much about it. I have been here to vote several times this afternoon. I was coming here to say a few words about legislation we passed unanimously out of the Environment and Public Works Committee.…”