Political Quotes

“Mr. President, Senator Blunt and I were here on the floor earlier to talk about the bill that was just passed through the Senate unanimously. That is the bill dealing with sexual harassment and other harassment rules of the Congress. This was a joint effort, and I wish to take this opportunity, first of all, to thank everyone who was involved in this. First and foremost is Senator Blunt, who has been a true partner. We have worked on everything together, from adoption to tourism. Last month, when he took over from Senator Shelby's able leadership of the Rules Committee, he and I worked together on changing the Senate rules, for the first time in the history of the Senate, to be more family friendly. We worked with Senator Tammy Duckworth so that her baby will be allowed on the floor, as will other children of male and female Senators going forward. The world is changing, and the Senate needs to change with it, and I would argue that the Senate should be in the lead. It is no surprise, then, that we have had a number of women staff members take the lead and work with us on this bill. First is Lizzy Peluso, who is my lead and the ranking member's staff director of our Rules Committee. She was my chief of staff for a number of years and moved over to be our lead on the Rules Committee. She has done a tremendous job ushering in this legislation by listening to Members' concerns and working with people on the legislation.…”