Political Quotes

“I will use my leader time. I believe this is a shining moment. It is shining the spotlight on what is going on in this country--abuse of power, diversion, and, of course, a coverup. The analogy my dear friend from Kentucky used about the wallet is, for lack of a better description, without foundation. Anybody who thinks what we are doing is unimportant, I invite them to travel with me--as I did a number of years ago--to the CIA. When you walk into that facility at Langley, the first thing you see are the stars up on the wall for each CIA agent who has been slain, killed in the line of duty. I have never forgotten that. That is what this is all about. We have someone who has obviously disclosed a name. We read it in the paper. Whether it is Karl Rove, I don't know. Someone did. This amendment says if someone does that, they should not have a security clearance. My friend, who I care a great deal about, the chairman of the homeland security authorizing committee, came to the floor and said the American people are fed up with what happened. She is right about that, too, because not much happens on issues they care about--issues like this staggering deficit. There was a celebration at the White House yesterday because the deficit was only the third largest in the history of the country. Education is failing. We know we have all kinds of problems in health care. Those are the issues we should be dealing with. Gas prices--maybe people care about that.…”