Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I would like to join with my colleagues to honor Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Though I did not have the privilege to serve with Vice President Biden while he was a Member of the Senate, I have long admired Joe and his sincere commitment to the people of this country and especially to those in his beloved home State of Delaware. The details of Joe's early years are well known to this body and to the Nation, but because they are so central to his character, they bear repeating. After an upset win of a U.S. Senate seat at just 29 years old, Joe experienced a tragedy that most of us cannot even begin to fathom--the death of his wife, Neilia, and his young daughter, Naomi, in a car accident just weeks before he was set to take office. A now- iconic photograph shows a young Joe being sworn into office at his sons' hospital bedside. A tragedy of that magnitude, so early in Joe's career, would have been reason for most to put on hold--or even end--a promising future in public service. Indeed, no one would have faulted Joe had he decided that the demands of the work he was set to undertake were not worth pursuing after the unimaginable loss he had just experienced. But, from the depths of his sorrow, Joe summoned the courage to press forward, committing himself to his two sons and to his work fighting for Delaware in the U.S. Senate.…”