Political Quotes

“Mr. President, while Senator Durbin is still on the floor, I wish to say very briefly that we came to the House of Representatives a few years ago in 1983, and we didn't get a lot of time to speak on the House floor--maybe 1 minute a day if we were lucky. We would say when we were debating, when we agreed with somebody: I would like to be associated with the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois. I would very much like to be associated with the remarks of the Senator from Illinois. I served three tours in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. We have most-favored-nation trading status, and they enjoy most-favored- nation trading status with us today. I like to work out and run. I like to run in the mornings. The mornings I stay here, I run down to the Lincoln Memorial, come back by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and I am reminded of the 55,000 lives that we lost in that war. Yet we enjoy normal diplomatic relations with that country, and they enjoy most-favored-nation status with us. If we can come to this point with Vietnam--after all the loss of life and cost--we should certainly be able to move things along with Cuba. So I applaud what the Senator has said. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be added as a cosponsor to S. 299. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________”