Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased to come to the floor today, along with my colleague from New Hampshire, Senator Ayotte, to honor the life and service of a distinguished former Member of this Senate and a proud son of New Hampshire, Warren B. Rudman. Senator Rudman was widely and deservedly hailed in both life and now in his death as a public servant who reached across party lines to get the job done for his country and his State. Warren Rudman didn't do this out of weakness, he acted so because of the strength and courage that marked his entire life. An Army combat veteran of the Korean conflict, Warren Rudman earned a Bronze Star Medal. He was an amateur boxer. As the attorney general for the State of New Hampshire, he was a ferocious prosecutor. His memoir was aptly entitled ``Combat.'' As a Senator, Warren Rudman relished taking on big battles. In the 1980s, he joined with Senators Fritz Hollings and Phil Gramm to tackle deficits. If the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act had been followed by subsequent Congresses, we would not be struggling today to reduce massive deficits. He didn't shrink from holding a President of his own party accountable either, when he served on the congressional panel investigating the Iran Contra affair. Nor was he reluctant to hold his fellow Senators accountable when he chaired the Senate Ethics Committee. Warren Rudman's public service did not end after he left the Senate.…”