Political Quotes

“I want to offer my condolences to Dianne's family, to her colleagues in California, to the Speaker Emerita, to my colleague Senator Padilla, and to so many of our friends and colleagues who are watching today. I wanted to rise just because I am one of the newer women in the U.S. Senate, and I wanted to acknowledge the difference that Dianne Feinstein's example and work has made for me, for my constituents, for our daughters, and our granddaughters. When I came to the Senate, the bipartisan women's dinners were long- established. I didn't have to think about how I would get to know my women colleagues and share experiences and learn the ropes from them because Dianne Feinstein and her other colleagues who were early pioneers in the Senate had already done some of that work for us. I didn't have to think about whether there was going to be a women's bathroom right off the floor that I could use just the way the men use their bathroom in quick moments because Dianne Feinstein and others had paved the way. I didn't have to think about whether I would be accepted in the same way that Dianne Feinstein had to because she had already done that really difficult work of being that much better than everybody else to make sure that she never let women down and that she never let her constituents down.…”