Political Quotes

Johnny Isakson: first and foremost, I wish to send my heartfelt sympathy to those who have lost loved ones in Orlando, FL, in Orange…

On the recordJune 13, 2016
first and foremost, I wish to send my heartfelt sympathy to those who have lost loved ones in Orlando, FL, in Orange County, yesterday in a tragic event. I want to express my great appreciation to the people of Orlando who volunteered their blood, their families, and their houses to help support those victims; to the EMTs who rushed into harm's way to save lives--and they did save lives--and to the hospital trauma team that did an amazing job of responding instantaneously to a tragedy beyond anybody's comprehension. We are very sad in America today by the terrible attack that took place and those who would perpetrate it. I, for one, am going to roll up my sleeves and work to see to it that wherever radical Islamic terrorism is, I want to root it out and I want to destroy it. You cannot accept or tolerate what happened yesterday, and we must redouble our effort to follow it wherever it leads us and to wipe it out and to eradicate it. I, as one Senator, will promise to do that. Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill Mr. President, I am one of those guys who usually is very supportive of going to cloture and going on motions to proceed on just about anything because I think the Senate is the most deliberative body in the world and we ought to do that. But tomorrow, shortly after 11 o'clock, I am going to vote no on the motion to proceed to the Commerce-Justice-Science bill.…
Said by
Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 13, 2016

Share

More from Johnny Isakson

Sep 9, 2019

I rise for a moment to pay tribute to a great Georgian and his wife who this past Saturday in Athens, GA, before the University of Georgia football game, were honored by naming the field at the Sanford Stadium, Dooley Field. Vince Dooley…

govinfo.gov
Nov 13, 2019

Reserving the right to object, I want to say to my committee member how much I appreciate his dedicated work. In the committee, we work on a lot of things, including the diseases in here, getting presumptive conclusions done so we can…

govinfo.gov
Mar 4, 2019

I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

govinfo.gov
Apr 1, 2019

I am not saying it to be ugly. Facts are facts, and I am scared that a Freudian slip--which I am sure that probably was or something like that--might be something that causes us to get lost again. No. 1, I want to point out that in your…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation