Political Quotes

“I believe in the Golden Rule which says you should treat people the way you want to be treated, and we are not going to treat the Republicans the way they treated us. Senator Leahy has been moving these things very quickly--maybe not quickly enough for some, but he has been moving them. Since September 11, the Senator from Illinois, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, has been involved in a number of other things. In addition, we have had in Senator Daschle's office this evil person or people send this envelope full of anthrax which has shut down the office buildings in the Senate. Senator Leahy and the Judiciary Committee and all committees have been working under tremendous hardship, and Senator Leahy, if we could give him some kind of a medal, he deserves it. If he ever had an excuse or ever wanted to slow up these nominations, he certainly would not have proceeded in that manner.”