Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I had the privilege of co-chairing the 58th Annual National Prayer Breakfast with Senator Klobuchar. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the transcript of the 2010 National Prayer Breakfast proceedings be printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: 58th National Prayer Breakfast Senator Amy Klobuchar: Good morning, everyone. I am Amy Klobuchar, the Senator from Minnesota. Welcome to the 58th annual National Prayer Breakfast. For anyone from warmer climates, we know it is a little snowy, but in Minnesota we would call this, ``fair to partly cloudy.'' What a gathering. This is a very different scene from the first National Prayer Breakfast all the way back in 1952--that was attended only by a couple hundred people and they were all men. And now what we have today is over 3,000 people from all 50 states and over 140 countries. Although the National Prayer Breakfast may look a lot different than it did in 1952, one of the great traditions of this event is that it is bipartisan, as you can see from our head table up here, as well as the fact that we have a Democratic and a Republican co-chair. In that tradition, I am very proud to introduce to you my Republican co-chair and good friend, the Senator from Georgia, Johnny Isakson. Senator Johnny Isakson: Thank you.…”