Political Quotes

“we all witnessed a great national tragedy on September 11. While the deaths and damage occurred in New York, Washington, and the fields of Pennsylvania, a piece of all of us died that day. Many people came up to me in the weeks after the attack and asked: ``What can I do? I've given blood. I've donated to relief efforts. But I want to do more.'' We all shared in the horror. Now everyone wants to share in the healing. But how? Then a constituent of mine, Bob Van Oosterhout, wrote me with an idea. Why not have the Federal Government devise a program that would encourage communities throughout the Nation to create something that would honor the memory of one of the victims lost in the attack? Together these local memorials to honor individuals would dot our Nation and collectively honor all those lost in the attack. What could be simpler? Or more moving? From that idea came the Unity in the Spirit of America Act, which I am introducing today along with my distinguished colleague Senator Kyl.”