Political Quotes

“Madam President, after our work on this important bill to reform the Postal Service is complete, we will be turning to another important bill, one that has a long history of bipartisan support. That bill, the Violence Against Women Act, is a law that has literally changed the way we think about violence against women in the United States. The Violence Against Women Act is one of the great legislative success stories of this generation. Since it was first passed in 1994-- and I will tell you that then-Senator Biden was involved in drafting that legislation and led that effort, he and someone we miss very dearly in Minnesota, Paul Wellstone. He and his wife Sheila were also involved in getting this important bill passed. Since that time, annual domestic violence rates have fallen by 50 percent as communities nationwide have stopped looking at these issues as family issues and started treating domestic violence and sexual assault as the serious crimes they are. Before I came to the Senate I spent 8 years as chief prosecutor for Minnesota's largest county, Hennepin County. During that time, both prevention and the prosecution of domestic violence were one of my top priorities.…”