Political Quotes

“a few minutes ago, a record was broken. Senator Frank Lautenberg has passed Senator Clifford Case's record for the most votes cast by a Senator from the State of New Jersey. Senator Lautenberg's career can't possibly be summed up, though, on numbers alone. I have had the good fortune of serving with this man in the Senate since I came here. Sometimes the term ``American Dream'' is thrown around, and probably a bit too much, but if there were ever a Member of this body who exemplifies the American Dream, it is Frank Lautenberg, the Senator from New Jersey. Frank Lautenberg was born without privilege to immigrant parents. He served his country bravely in World War II and put himself through Columbia University on the GI bill. He is an example of what the GI Bill of Rights did for America. Frank Lautenberg achieved great personal success in the business world, but he wanted to do more than be a successful businessman. And he was a successful businessman, both in reputation and in the ability to make money in our great free enterprise system. He was an exemplar of that. He decided he would seek public service, and, very unusually, he shot for the top. He ran for the Senate--and ran and ran and ran--and was elected in 1982. Senator Lautenberg's legislative record is fantastic. It is terrific. He has been a titan here. Guns and crime: Author of the Domestic Violence Ban, and sponsored countless laws to make neighborhoods safer.”