Political Quotes

“I wanted to speak very briefly, because as Senator Manchin pointed out, I am the most junior person in the place. I want to say a couple of things about Carl Levin. As has been said here repeatedly, Carl is a man of immense intellect and character, and I wanted to explain how that came to be. I thought that would be important to lay on the Record. It came to be because Carl Levin and his brother spent their boyhood summers in the State of Maine. That imparts character to anyone who is lucky enough to have that experience. Secondly, I want to mention--because it has been mentioned several times--about the travel. I had the great good fortune to travel after having been here about 6 months. Carl and I--as members of the Armed Services Committee--went to Turkey and Jordan to try to get some insight into the situation in Syria. My only advice to anyone in this body is if you are ever invited to travel with Carl Levin, spend the prior 2 or 3 months in the gym. I have never been so exhausted in my life, and we would be at 10 p.m., after all-day meetings and touring of refugee sites, and Carl would say: Can't we have another meeting? Isn't there someone else we can talk to? His absolute passion for information and data upon which to make decisions is I think exemplary. The final thing I want to note is--and it has been talked about how he is a Senator's Senator, which is certainly true.…”