I close my statement today with these words from Henry Clay: The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity-- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. Clay made those remarks in a Senate speech on January 29, 1850.
Reflecting on the importance of the Constitution during a Senate discussion.
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