Political Quotes

“Madam President, if the Senator will yield, that was wonderful. I am sorry more of us weren't hear to hear those words. The Senator holds the seat once held for many, many year by Robert Byrd, who until maybe this month was the longest serving person in the history of our country to serve in Congress. I think the record was just eclipsed by John Dingell from Michigan--a most worthy successor. The Senator from West Virginia knows there is another notable West Virginian who is rising now to national prominence to serve our country as the new Director of the Office of Management and Budget. She grew up in Hinton, WV, graduated from Hinton High School, played on the girls basketball team, and her name is Sylvia Mathews Burwell. So West Virginia is a State that has produced certainly a lot of coal, a lot of natural resources, but also a lot of good people and a lot of good leaders. And this Senator came to us from West Virginia having been a two-term Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association, and I know he is marked maybe for greatness--maybe for greatness. And I think his wife has a birthday tomorrow; West Virginia has a birthday the day after tomorrow.”