Political Quotes

“first, I want to thank Senator Blumenthal for his comments. I thank Senator Klobuchar, who has been dogged on this issue of Afghan refugees, and I thank her for her leadership on this. I want to thank Senator Lee, who is allowing me to take a moment in the middle of a very important issue that we are still discussing today. I thank him for his courtesy in allowing me to take a moment of personal privilege to speak about someone who has been with me for a long time but who is moving on to other opportunities; and I appreciate his family and friends in the Galleries who want to have an opportunity to salute him. Tribute to Matthew Williams Mr. President, I have a phenomenal member of my staff who has been a critical part of my team for a long time, Matthew Williams. We are excited for his new opportunities, but we are still not sure we are going to let him go because he has been so incredibly important to my success over a lot of years. All the way back to 2006, as a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, he joined my Senate campaign as a press assistant. Matthew Williams did such a great job that I hired him as a staff assistant in my East Lansing office. Over the next 17 years, Matt took on so many different roles and did each one of them so successfully--from press assistant to press secretary to my regional manager in Detroit to deputy communications director to now my staff director of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.…”