Political Quotes

“I would like to compliment the Senator from Montana on his deeply moving and so personal reminiscences. It was both touching and manly. Thank you very much. It was inspirational. Hurricane Sandy Madam President, I come to the floor--and I am so glad the Senator from New York is the Presiding Officer--because here we are, the Chamber is vacant. It looks like the Senate is not moving. The Presiding Officer is a Senator from New York, along with Senator Schumer. I am a Senator from Maryland, and we have been hit by a hurricane. We have been hit by Hurricane Sandy. I come to the floor to say, as we reflect on the life and times of Senator Danny Inouye, we should also reflect on his work, which is to move appropriations bills in a timely way--and particularly when that appropriations bill deals with the supplemental appropriations to meet the compelling human needs of our communities and our people when they have suffered a natural disaster. The clock is ticking. We have businesses that need to restart. We have homes that need to be rebuilt. In my own State of Maryland, we had a double whammy. As the hurricane came forth on our coastal areas along the beloved Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, we were hit by the hurricane. Then up in western Maryland, Garrett County, called the Switzerland of Maryland, we were hit by a blizzard--a blizzard. Where are we now? It has been days. The TV cameras have left, but the compelling human need has not. What is the Senate facing?…”