Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is good to see you, and it is good to see my colleague John Cornyn here in the Senate today, all the pages, and folks who came back to go to work. There is a lot of work to do. One of the first items of business before us is a critical nomination, a nomination for the Department of Agriculture--and not just any job at the Department of Agriculture but the No. 2 job, the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. The person who has been nominated is a woman who serves currently as the Under Secretary at the Department of Agriculture, and she has been nominated to be the Deputy Secretary for the Department. She has a hard name to pronounce, and it is a name I have never seen before. It sounds something like this: So-cheel, like S-O, cheel, like C-H-E-E-L. You look at it down on paper, and you say: How would you pronounce that name? That is the way to pronounce it. But the rest of her name is Torres Small. She is somebody I have known for a relatively brief period of time. You know who knows her really well? It is a guy who used to serve with us for many years, a Senator from New Mexico, Tom Udall. In fact, as I recall, I think she actually worked for Tom Udall when he was a U.S. Senator. Agriculture is a hugely important part of our economy in Delaware. I see Senator Stabenow is going to speak immediately after me. I know it is hugely important in Michigan. As she is the chairman of the Ag Committee, she knows that much better than I do.…”