Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Wisconsin, a great friend and someone whose passion has been brought to the U.S. Senate. Based on issues where people are hurting, I just can't thank him enough for bringing to this body the kind of energy and the kind of passion that is directly related to the pain people are suffering with in his State--whether it is loss of a job, the death of a child or something related to education or whether it is something related to just every day, Senator Ron Johnson has been on top of it. This is a perfect example of the kind of passion he brings. He refuses to say: I can't go any further. He refuses to take and accept the minority leader's objection to this--along with my colleague from Wyoming and others--to this bipartisan supported measure. How can the minority leader come down and give an example of why every parent deserves the right to try, to try to save their children, to take advantage of medicines and procedures that might be that miracle cure, and then say: No, we are not going to take it up. We are not going to give that to you because we know you are in a tight race. Essentially, that is what he is saying. We know you are in a tight race so we are not going to do anything. Put yourself in the shoes of a parent who is trying to save the precious life of a child. How can you put an election in a State that is up for grabs--how can that trump the kind of sorrow and clinging to the last hope parents are making? I commend the Senator.…”