Political Quotes

“I extend my condolences to Jim Inhofe, the senior Senator from Oklahoma, and his wife Kay on the loss of their son Perry. The entire Senate family was saddened to hear of Dr. Inhofe's death. He was a young man, 52 years of age, killed in a plane crash early Sunday. Flying airplanes is in the blood of Jim Inhofe and his family. I truly care a lot about Jim Inhofe. He and I are unquestionably friends. We may not agree on all political issues, but we agree we are friends. I have had the good fortune of working to get to know this good man. I have helped him when I could, and he has helped me when he could. We are able to put all the disagreements to one side and look at each other for what we are outside of our politics. I have confidence that he is going to do well. He is a man of great faith, and I feel comfortable that he will be able to work his way through this loss. (Ms. BALDWIN assumed the Chair.) Filipino Typhoon Madam President, my heart also goes out to the residents of the Philippines who were drastically affected by this terrible storm that hit one or two or three of their islands over the weekend. The Philippines has 7,000 islands. The heavily populated area of Manila was not hit--at least not very badly. We know there are thousands of Filipinos dead and missing. Relief and construction efforts will be long and difficult.…”