Political Quotes

“I am going to speak very briefly this afternoon about a very timely and important subject. My colleague and partner, Senator Hoeven, came to the floor earlier--I was unable to come at that time--to speak about a bill for which he has actually provided extraordinary leadership. I wish to thank the Presiding Officer, and Senator Hoeven for his leadership as well, to try to help bring to the floor of the Senate a vote to help construct the Keystone Pipeline. It is an issue a group of us have been working on now for quite some time. I wish to thank the Presiding Officer again. I wish to also thank the other Democratic leaders who have been so supportive and helpful to us in this effort: Senator Pryor from Arkansas, Senator McCaskill from Missouri, Senator Tester from Montana, who agreed to cosponsor the bill, Senator Warner from Virginia, Senator Hagan, Senator Begich, Senator Manchin, Senator Donnelly, and Senator Walsh. I really want to thank them and other colleagues who have decided they may not want to cosponsor the bill that will be introduced later tonight, but they very well may vote for it, and I appreciate it. I know this has been a very contentious issue for many, because people have very strong feelings about this particular pipeline called the Keystone XL Pipeline. Some of us who support it have a little trouble understanding why it is such a big deal, but I appreciate there are strong feelings on the other side of this issue.…”