Political Quotes

“in the years I have served in legislative bodies, which is quite a long time now, it is interesting to see how different people approach the legislative process. I have learned over the years there is nothing more important than people working hard. You have to be tenacious to get legislation passed. The leader of passing Sandy over here--and I am confident when we get back in a couple of weeks after the House works on theirs, the same dynamic will be here--the senior Senator from New York has worked tirelessly to get legislation passed. He has led a team effort of Senators from New Jersey and his partner, Senator Gillibrand, but the leader, the quarterback, has been the Senator from New York. The work he has done not only in the Senate, but having the many years of experience he had in the House of Representatives, the Presiding Officer, the senior Senator from New York, worked day and night making phone calls, personal contacts with people in New York and New Jersey who could call House Members and have them pass this legislation. On the way back from the joint session dealing with the electoral vote count, he walked up and grabbed me--did not grab me, but we talked for several minutes walking back to the Senate--the majority leader from the House of Representatives. He worked extremely hard on this. He worked hard on it.…”