Political Quotes

I rise today to introduce the Death Gratuities Equity Act of 2016. I am joined by Senators Cardin and Warner in support of this bill. Congress required the Office of Personnel Management to study and report back on death gratuities and…

I come to the floor as the vice chair of the Committee on Appropriations. That means I am the Democratic leader on appropriations for this session of Congress, and next to me is the distinguished Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, who will…

I want the Senator to know our side does support the Second Amendment, but we support all of the amendments of the Constitution--not just one. One of those is the right to speech, and implicit in that is maybe to get a real vote on real…

First of all, thank you, to the Senator. I, in no way, want to impede this conversation. I didn't realize that you had asked for 45 minutes, and I really found these comments by the supporters of the bill really quite instructive, and I…