Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Missouri for yielding to me, and I appreciate both my colleagues from Missouri and Kansas joining us on the Senate floor this afternoon. I wonder if there are folks out in the country who might not be baseball fans and are wondering, with all the challenges our country faces, why these four Senators have gathered on the Senate floor to talk about baseball. But the reality is that this is an example of what can happen when we work together. We are divided here between Republicans and Democrats in support of this legislation, and that is much easier to overcome than the fact that Missourians and Kansans are working together. There has been a long rivalry between our two States, much of it done with a smile but some done with a little more intensity than just that smile of Kansas versus Missouri or Missouri versus Kansas. The good news is the Royals and their championship are more evidence that rivalry--when it comes to important issues, when it comes to the ability to work together for the benefit of Kansas City and Missouri and Kansas, those communities come together. I guess my colleagues ought to know that there is Kansas City, MO, and there is Kansas City, KS, and suburbs of both those cities on both sides of the State line. As I have said, as communities they have come together to make sure good things happen, and the Royals is just one more example.…”