Political Quotes

“today is an opportunity for me to remind our colleagues of the value of Senator Johnny Isakson. I particularly want to speak this afternoon about his work in regard to our Nation's veterans. When Senator Isakson retired, resigned from the U.S. Senate, I replaced him as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, but I served the entire time he was the chairman. In fact, I have served the entire time I have been in the Senate and the entire time I have been in the House. And Senator Isakson and Congressman Isakson and I served together in both bodies. I want to highlight for my colleagues and for Americans--and particularly the veterans across the country--that they had an advocate in Senator Johnny Isakson for them, for our Nation's veterans. He knew--he knew--the debt we owe to our veterans and kept that at the forefront of his mind and his heart as he led the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. His service as chairman was motivated by the stories of veterans who had touched his own life. Senator Isakson regularly spoke about two veterans--two veterans who shaped his approach as chairman: his college friend Jackson Elliott Cox III and Georgia native Noah Harris. Jackson Cox volunteered to serve in the Marines in Vietnam and was killed by a sniper a month before he was scheduled to return home. Noah Harris had volunteered to serve in the Army after 9/11 and was killed while serving in Iraq.…”