Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am so honored to come to the floor with a number of women Senators to discuss the President's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. As is the Presiding Officer, I am a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and we both had the opportunity to question Elena Kagan and to listen to her brilliant and insightful responses. Everyone heard her, and no matter how anyone is voting on this nomination--although it is hard for me to understand how they could oppose her--I think there was very much consensus on this idea that she knew what she was doing, that she has done every job that she has had very well, that she has confronted very difficult situations, and that she has always been a leader and someone who can bring consensus. She consistently demonstrated the quality that some of us had already seen in her records; that is, of pragmatism and reasonableness and a consensus builder. So I will save my remarks until later because I have been joined by the Senator from New York, Mrs. Gillibrand, who is from Elena Kagan's home State. While she may have worked in Massachusetts for quite a while, she actually came from New York. It is an honor to have Senator Gillibrand, who is also an attorney, joining us today. I yield for Senator Gillibrand. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.”