Political Quotes

“I will be happy to yield to my friend from Alabama and my friend from Connecticut, but I want to say a few words first. I too have great respect for my friend Senator Shelby. He and I were neighbors in the Longworth Building many years ago and we have maintained that friendship since. There are times when we disagree on issues but our relationship is one of friendship. Chris Dodd has had an extremely difficult year. He has had to legislate on some of the most difficult issues to come before this body, and he has been the one who has been the chairman of that committee and had to do it. In addition to that, his dear friend, his best friend, Senator Kennedy, was ill. He had to take over that committee and do his Banking Committee. It has been a tremendously difficult year for him. He has done it with mastery of the Senate rules and with the ability to articulate his position as well as anyone who has ever served in the Senate. I admire and appreciate him so very much. We also have a new chairman, Senator Lincoln, on the Ag Committee. She has done a very good job. She took it over a couple of months ago but stepped into that committee and has done a remarkably good job on an extremely difficult issue dealing with derivatives and things such as that. I admire her work and I appreciate so much the ability of Senator Dodd and her to work together. Their staffs worked all weekend, trying to put together this substitute amendment we will offer tomorrow.…”