Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pretty excited. In fact, let's just say this is the season of joy, and I feel such joy today. The gentleman who just spoke, the Senator from Illinois, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is a man of heroic action. What we are marking today, this anniversary, is so much due to his work and steadfast leadership on these issues years before I came here. We are celebrating this moment of joy and a moment of deep, profound gratitude, and I want to give Senator Durbin my deep thanks. I also want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I want to thank Chuck Grassley. I want to thank Mike Lee. I want to thank all of their staffs who worked so hard for this moment. This was truly a bipartisan effort and one of the best experiences I have had as a U.S. Senator. In addition to that, we worked with the President's staff and his team to get to that bill and that moment. We had activists across the political spectrum, people like Mark Holden, who worked for Koch Industries, all the way to folks like Jessica Jackson and Dan Jones. We had not only activists but people who were directly impacted-- advocating organizations, nonprofits--trying to bring justice to the justice system. This bill was a product of compromise and shows what is possible in this institution when both sides come together on common ground.…”