Political Quotes

“we have reached the end of a long, hectic, at times contentious and frustrating but unquestionably productive first year of the 110th Congress. We welcomed back our friend and colleague, Senator Tim Johnson, who has made an extraordinary recovery, and we were so happy this week to see him walk in the Senate Chamber. We lost a friend in Craig Thomas, said hello to his successor, Dr. John Barrasso, and said goodbye to Senator Trent Lott last night. We held an unusual three Congressional Gold Medal ceremonies, three of them this year. That is very unusual. We honored the Tuskegee Airmen for showing America that valor is color-blind. We awarded a Gold Medal to Dr. Norm Borlaugh for putting food on the tables of billions of people--not millions but billions. This scientist figured out a way to grow a lot of food very quickly. The Dalai Lama was awarded the Gold Medal for planting seeds of peace throughout the world. Of course, we tried to address the major issues that affect us at home and abroad. Although these efforts occasionally ended in frustration, the record will show we also made real progress on behalf of the American people in spite of the fact that yesterday the record was broken--62 filibusters in 1 year; in 1 year, they broke the 2-year record.”