Political Quotes

“let me join my dear friend and colleague from New Hampshire in paying tribute to so many things about Johnny Isakson. I know we are supposed to abide by the rules, address remarks to the Chair, and not speak to each other, and if I occasionally look over at the senior Senator from Georgia and call him Johnny, I will apologize in advance to the Chair and to the keeper of the rules. I think one of the points that Senator Shaheen was making about the bipartisan barbecue lunch every year is that we ought to do this more often. We choose sides so many times, and for those of us on this side of the aisle, it is three times at lunch every week--Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The senior Senator from New Hampshire and I never have a chance to have lunch together because we are there with our leadership talking about what our folks are going to do. Johnny Isakson decided at least one time a year, when he was in charge of making that decision, that he would invite Republicans and Democrats. Sometimes we got pushback from the leadership of both parties because they didn't have us captive that particular hour, and some of us who tried it didn't do it year after year after year. Johnny Isakson has done that and has been an example of bipartisanship.…”