Political Quotes

“Madam President, I want to thank the Senators who did such a tremendous job today really going through all the arguments for why our democracy is still fragile, why we must stand up for a democracy--so many good ideas. I especially want to thank Senator Whitehouse for never giving up hope when it comes to campaign finance reform. I think of John McCain, if he were sitting in here right now--we miss him very much, a friend of both Senator Whitehouse's and mine--and how he stood up for campaign finance reform because he knew it wasn't a Democratic or Republican issue; it was all of our issues. I think of Senator Merkley's incredible diligence and his incredible command of the rules of the Senate and how we can make this place work better, and then Senator King's very Maine-like independent take on all this, and then, Madam President, your incredible remarks, tying it into--I hadn't thought about that fact, that on Veterans Day, which is always after the election--and your dad's words that an election is just a war of words and it is something you go through in a democracy and it could be really tough, but it is nothing like a real war when people are putting their lives on the line. So thank you for that. Dream Act Madam President, I wanted to turn to two other issues that are still on our plates in such a big, big way--still integral, actually, to our own democracy and what we stand for.…”