I am grateful to the Senator from New Mexico for giving me this opportunity to say a word about my State. To keep the conversation going, if the Senator from Rhode Island would indulge me in answering that question, but I would like to get back to the Senator from Rhode Island. I want to say to the people who are watching this, perhaps on C-SPAN or others, the reason why I am so grateful to the Senator from Rhode Island is because I have been here, again, for a little over 4 months. But the Senator from Rhode Island is--and forgive me if this sounds in any way disrespectful to say it this way, but I almost think the Senator from Rhode Island reminds me of the movie ``Shawshank Redemption.'' I say that because one of my favorite moments in Shawshank was that guy----
Cory Booker: “I am grateful to the Senator from New Mexico for giving me this opportunity to say a word about my State. To keep the…”
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