Political Quotes

“Botswana is a model democracy, a great country, great leadership, no corruption. I will respond briefly to the distinguished majority leader. My last trip to Africa was a life-changing experience. I had been to other places, but to see the spread of AIDS was a life-changing experience for me, to see the orphans. The orphans are an epidemic in Africa. All these little kids have no parents, both parents having died from AIDS. To see the personal devastation of communities being wiped out and people not being educated is a terrible situation. Having come to this body from the House of Representatives, I served there on the Foreign Affairs Committee. I agree with the distinguished majority leader, part of our job is to find out what is going on in the rest of the world, and I think our taxpayers are well paid by what we do here by our going and seeing what is going on in other parts of the world. We have responsibilities being the only superpower in the world. I am glad to see the majority leader does not cringe from the fact he has traveled, and he is trying to find out what is going on in other parts of the world. I believe, without any reservation or question, that those Senators who choose not to travel--and it is a personal decision, but I think it is a bad decision.”