Political Quotes

“I had some meetings this morning and was not planning on coming to the Chamber, but walking through the Senate today took me back to when I went to law school. When I went to law school in a very large class at George Washington University, as I recall, we had two women in that very large class. When I took the bar in Nevada after having graduated from law school, I think we had one woman who took the bar. It has been a while since I went to law school and took the bar but not that long, and the face of America has changed dramatically. Since I have come to the national legislature, the face of the legislature has changed dramatically. The biggest change and I believe the most positive change that has taken place is women. Half the people going to law school today are now women. There are significantly larger numbers of women in the Congress than when I came here 22 years ago. When I first saw this Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, this big important committee, being chaired by two women, I was so impressed I gave a little speech at that time. I cannot express my satisfaction of walking into this Chamber and seeing two women in charge of something as important as this Subcommittee on Appropriations.”