Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I turn to my colleague Senator Cramer, I want to mention that I was at the national championship game. It was just fantastic. As I say, Bison Nation, which is all our Bison fans from North Dakota and across the country, and the coaches, the staff, President Bresciani, and, of course, these great student athletes who had such a wonderful game--it was a great show. They turned out in force in Frisco, TX. We are starting to call Frisco Fargo South, which is actually the name of one of the high schools up in Fargo, which is kind of fun. But our fans travelled down there so well, filled the stadium, and they did once again. It was just a wonderful atmosphere. It was on national television, so they performed on a national stage, and people from across the country got to watch a wonderful game. But leading up to that game, in the semifinals, they played James Madison University, which has a tremendous football program as well. That was on a Friday night, and it was the Friday night where we were last here several weeks ago voting until about 2 o'clock in the morning. The reason I bring up the story is because we must have had--you were there, Mr. President--we must have had like north of 20 votes at least. So we started early in the evening and went until 2 in the morning or thereabouts.…”