Political Quotes

Mr. President, days before he died, Frederick Knefler composed a letter of instruction to be read once he was gone. There was, he wrote, to be no memorial service or expensive coffin. His funeral should be private and simple, attended only…

I call up my amendment No. 230, and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Young] proposes an amendment…

Mr. President, ``Let us all strive to make selfless service great again.'' Lt. Col. Kent Lundy opened this Chamber in prayer today. When the Constitutional Convention reached an impasse in the summer of 1787, the oldest delegate offered a…

Mr. President, there are now tens--tens--of Americans watching us on C-SPAN2, captivated, I know, by the presentation this evening. I think they are perhaps divided. Some may look upon these proceedings and think: What a functional U.S…