Political Quotes

“I wish to say that the comments made by the Democratic leader, the Senator from New York, really touched me because they go to the heart of this institution. It was only a few weeks ago, in a dramatic moment, when Senator John McCain returned from Arizona to come to the floor of the Senate and cast a historic vote to move forward on the debate on healthcare. He asked for 15 minutes after that vote to say a few words about his experience as a person and his observations as a Senator, and I stayed in my chair because I wanted to hear him. John McCain came to the House of Representatives the same year I was elected. Our careers have at least been close or parallel in some respects, though I couldn't hold a candle to him in terms of his personal life experience and his experience in the military, as well as being a candidate for even higher office. I listened carefully as he reminded us of what it takes for the Senate to work. What it takes, of course, is the determination of both political parties to solve a problem. He reminded us that means sitting down in committee, with experts, working through some of these issues, particularly the more complex issues--the give-and-take of the legislative process. He pointed specifically to the effort to repeal ObamaCare as a failure by those standards.…”