Political Quotes

Madam President, I wasn't going to come over here today--I just got off an airplane a little while ago--but I am here because of what I have been hearing. What I have been hearing is that we need to be talking about the shutdown and not…

Madam President, I just want to say to the gentleman from Ohio that I have been to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. I went there with John Lewis. John Lewis is a great American. I supported title V and the Civil Rights Act. So I appreciate your…

Madam President, I will follow up on the Senator's points. We need to do what we did last year when Republicans and Democrats stayed up here for 2 weeks while the government was shut down. We worked out an immigration agreement, and we got…

Mr. President, I am honored to follow the Senator from Texas and to have shared time with President Bush, as he has, and appreciate very much his service to this Senate and this country. You know, the hardest thing they ever ask you to do…