Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; that the Cruz amendment to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 27) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 190) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To amend the preamble) In the 12th whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``2016'' and insert ``2017''. The preamble, as amended, was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows: S. Res. 27 Whereas Gene Cernan was born on March 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, was raised in the suburban towns of Bellwood and Maywood, and graduated from Proviso Township High School; Whereas Gene Cernan began his career as a basic flight trainee in the United States Navy; Whereas Gene Cernan was one of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963 to participate in the Gemini and Apollo programs; Whereas Gene Cernan was the second American to have walked in space having spanned the circumference of the world twice in a little more than 2\1/2\ hours in 1966 during the Gemini 9 mission; Whereas Gene Cernan served as the lunar module pilot for Apollo 10 in 1969, which was referred to as the ``dress rehearsal'' for Apollo 11's historic landing on the Moon; Whereas Gene Cernan was commander of Apollo 17 in 1972, during the last human mission to the Moon; W…”