Political Quotes

“following leader remarks, if any, there will be an hour of morning business, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to the America Invents Act. The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for our weekly party conferences. At 2:30, there will be 30 minutes of tribute to the late Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon, and I would indicate that if people are unable to come during that 30 minutes, I would solicit their statements so that we can put them together, as we often do in these situations, so they are in that nice little booklet people can look through at a later time. I would say, Madam President, that I had the good fortune of being able to serve with Mark Hatfield--a treasure of a man. We have had great leaders from Oregon, but certainly he was equal to any of them--a man of great character who was not bound by party. He was bound by what he thought was best for this country. I had the good fortune to travel on a codel he led. It was a wonderful trip, led by this great statesman. We went into the Soviet Union--Mongolia--and saw Lake Baikal and found that the Soviets had not ruined this great Alpine glacier lake. There are only two in the world. One is in Nevada and California--we share Lake Tahoe. But Lake Baikal is one thing the Soviets didn't ruin.…”