Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am here to say hallelujah, that it looks as if we are finally coming to the point at which we can grant the homeowners and businesses of America some relief from the huge, gargantuan--tenfold sometimes--increases in flood insurance premiums. We are going to be able to pass this legislation today, with a vote cutting off debate yesterday of over 80 votes. I mean, there were times we were just hoping to get to 60 votes. I think that overwhelming number finally tells the story Senator Landrieu has told. She has told this story from the housetops, from the basements, from the riverbanks, and from the gulf shores: Enough. She has told this story along with Senator Menendez, who has shouted it from Cape May, NJ, all the way to the Port of New Jersey at the mouth of the Hudson. This Senator has shouted this from the State with the longest coastline of any State-- save for Alaska--a State whose highest point in the entire State is about 350 feet, along riverbanks and lakes, as well as the coastal waters. Therefore, naturally, it is something we have to be concerned with, the flood protection, and therefore protecting the financial assets of folks--their homes and their businesses. They simply cannot take a tenfold increase all at once. Now we are going to pass it. Unfortunately, there are still some folks who are trying to do us in. They are trying to do us in with subtle amendments that are going to try to seduce some Senators: Oh, doesn't this sound good?…”