Political Quotes

“Mr. President, my colleagues who are waiting to speak to honor Senator Harkin, I am not going to take the amount of time I did on his birthday. I want to tell my colleagues that what I said on his birthday, on November 19, I probably should have waited and said today. But I want to speak about our working relationship, and I want Senator Harkin to know that I have enjoyed my working relationship with him, together working for Iowa. I compliment him on the many accomplishments he has made. I consider him a friend. And as he goes back to Iowa, we will maintain that friendship, I am sure. I would ask my colleagues if they would think about looking at what I said before on his birthday, because I am not going to repeat that here. But I think we ought to recognize that Senator Harkin worked hard up to his last day in the United States Senate, because one of his works over the last 25 years was on inhumane labor issues around the world, and he traveled to Oslo very recently to honor a person who received the Nobel Peace Prize for that crusade, as well as all the good work that Senator Harkin has done on it. And probably that person received the award because of Senator Harkin so long suggesting that the individual deserved that attention. I am going to be very brief today, since my prior remarks outlined our friendship and his record in some detail. It is in the Congressional Record for posterity.…”