Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have already given speeches in this Chamber about my four friends, departing Democratic colleagues, Senators Heitkamp, McCaskill, Nelson, and Donnelly. Now I rise to recognize my Republican colleagues who are leaving the Senate. Let me start with Orrin Hatch, who is truly one of a kind. Out of 100 Senators, none of us can say that our great-grandfather founded the town of Vernal, UT, home of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. None of us can say that we served as a Mormon bishop or that we started off working as a janitor to pay for school and then went on to become the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate. None of us can say that we moonlight as a singer, songwriter, and famed lyricist, whose catalogue includes the classics: ``Heal Our Land,'' ``Eight Days of Hanukkah,'' and his ode to Manhattan, ``Skatin' with My Baby.'' Orrin Hatch's songs have been featured in the movies ``Oceans 12'' and ``Stuart Little 2.'' While Senator Hatch takes pride in all of his accomplishments, I know that he is proudest of his family: his wife, Elaine; their six children; 23 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. Senator Hatch and I have worked together for a long period of time. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976, and I also got my start in elected life that year as the secretary-treasurer of my 10th grade high school class. Washingtonian Magazine once named us the two Senators least likely to get into a scandal, which I assume includes with each other.…”