Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come to the floor to commend my esteemed colleague from the State of North Dakota, Senator Heitkamp, on giving her maiden address this morning. She is not only someone I have known for a long time and worked with for a long time but somebody who I think truly brings a spirit of bipartisanship to this body, which is so needed as we address the challenges today, ranging from our debt and deficit, to getting our economy going, to getting people back to work, and addressing things such as terrorism and the heinous act we saw in the attack on the marathon in Boston and the great people of this great country, on immigration, on entitlement reform, protecting and preserving Social Security and Medicare for the long term, progrowth tax reform, an energy plan for this country, making sure we find ways to get our health care system working better-- the finest health care system in the world--all of these great issues of the day for this Nation. I know she brings that sense of bipartisanship and that desire to serve the people of this great country. It is an unbelievable honor to serve the people of North Dakota and this country and this body, and I look forward to working with Senator Heitkamp--and all of our colleagues--on the challenges we face and the opportunities we face, the greatest country in the world, as we work on behalf of the American people.…”