Political Quotes

“I want to complement the President for traveling to southern California to comfort the families and the communities of the San Diego area. While Americans in southern California suffer great losses and begin the struggle to rebuild, it is essential that our President which he did demonstrate the commitment of his administration and the entire Nation to helping them legal. An article in the Chicago Tribune discusses today, families across the country are working to rebuild their lives after burying a son or daughter who died in combat. The President rightly goes to California to comfort a family that has lost a home. Why is he not coming to Illinois to comfort a family who has lost a son? The President in San Diego lifted the spirits of an entire community as they reassembled their lives. That same compassion needs to be shared with the parents who are burying their children. They deserve to know that the growing criticism of the situation in Iraq will not keep the President from acknowledging their individual losses. This is all the more important on today when the President signs the $87 billion to help Iraq rebuild their nation. We cannot pass by the families who have lost and have personal pain. They are all part of America's family.”