Political Quotes

“before my friend from Rhode Island leaves the floor, I wish to thank him for coming to the floor of the Senate every week to give a message that we need to hear all the time about a serious worldwide crisis. I thank him for his passion and for calling on us to remember that when it is time for our children and grandchildren to ask where we were, I want to say I was with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and those of us who care deeply about solving these problems. So I thank the Senator from Rhode Island very much. I thank all of our colleagues who have come to the floor today and have spoken on the issue of keeping student loan rates low. I know Senator Blumenthal was here a few minutes ago. Our chairman, Senator Harkin, has come to the floor, as well as Senator Brown, Senator Sanders, and Senator Reed, who has been such a passionate advocate and leader on this issue. I thank as well our Presiding Officer from Massachusetts for her passion in keeping us on point. I thank Senator Boxer and Senator Murray and others who have come to the floor, including Senator Kay Hagan, who is leading this fight with Senator Jack Reed in what we intend to do tomorrow, which is focus on a very simple issue: Let's not do harm to students as it relates to student loan rates going up, while we fix the larger problem of affordability of college. Let's be very clear. The majority of the Senate voted on June 6 to keep student loan rates at 3.4 percent--the majority.…”