Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the attached editorial by Bono for the September 19, 2010, New York Times be printed in the Record. The editorial notes the language that I championed with Senator Cardin on requiring U.S.-listed extractive companies to reveal their payments which was incorporated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: [From the New York Times, Sept. 19, 2010] M.D.G.'s for Beginners . . . and Finishers (By Bono) I've noticed that New Yorkers, and I sometimes try to pass for one these days, tend to greet the word ``summit'' with an irritated roll of the eyes, a grunt, an impatient glance at the wristwatch. In Manhattan, a summit has nothing to do with crampons and ice picks, but refers instead to a large gathering of important persons, head-of-state types and their rock-star retinues in the vicinity of the United Nations building and creates, therefore, a near total immobilization of the East Side. Can world peace possibly be worth this? Never, never . . . Eleanor Roosevelt, look what you've done . . . . Recent global summit meetings, from Copenhagen to Toronto, have frankly been a bust, so the world, which may not know it yet, is overdue for a good multilateral confab--one that's not just about the gabbing but about the doing.…”