Political Quotes

“Thank you very much. I want to thank my colleagues who have spoken on this amendment, particularly those who oppose the amendment. I come to the floor today with sadness in my heart. I come because over the weekend one of our Maryland National Guards was killed in Afghanistan. He was one of two men working in a building in which he was attacked by someone he trusted at the Interior Service, and it appears that he was assassinated. I talked to his widow. We are sad. We are sad that somebody who went to defend freedom was killed in such a terrible way. I am sad because last night I spoke to a dear friend of mine whose husband is very ill from the ravages of brain cancer, and we remembered so many good times we had together, but those good times don't seem possible in the future. I want so much for her to be with her husband and not think about the consequences of costs and so on. Last night we learned that our very dear friend and colleague, Senator Olympia Snowe, is going to retire not because she is tired but because she is sick and tired of the partisanship. Senator Snowe is not tired. She is sick and tired of the partisanship. And you know what. So am I. We have a highway bill here. We have an unemployment problem. We could solve America's problems and get it rolling again, and if we pass the highway bill--with the appropriate debate on amendments germane to the bill--we could do it. So I am really sad.…”