Political Quotes

“Mr. President, knowing that we are in morning business, I would like the recording folks to divide my remarks in two separate places at the appropriate time in the Record. I am here to do something every Senator does at one time or another in their career, and that is pay tribute to another politician, one back in my home State of Georgia who is retiring at the end of this year after serving two terms as Governor of the State of Georgia. I am going to say great things about him because he is a great guy, he is a personal friend, and he has done a wonderful job, but I will tell you what else I am going to do. I am going to do something a little different. When we elected Nathan Deal in Georgia, we had no idea at the time that it was a three-for-one. When Nathan, his wife, Sandra, and his chief of staff, Chris Riley, came, the three of them were a new A-Team in Georgia. Do you remember the A-Team on television? When you had a real disaster coming and you needed real help, you would call these guys, and they would come in from nowhere and solve your problem. They were tough. They were smart. Well, Nathan is that way too. He is tough, and he is smart. He is also crafty enough to realize that your wife always knows better, and he gave her a role in education in Georgia, and she has improved it a lot.…”