Political Quotes

“I wish to respond briefly to the distinguished Republican leader's comments. Priscilla Owen has had numerous votes. She has had three that I am aware of on the Senate floor. Those votes dealt with whether we should stop debating her. The votes three times have said no. The Senate reception area is a beautiful part of the Capitol. I can remember coming here in 1974 and Hubert Humphrey coming off the Senate floor. He had to sit down. He couldn't stand to talk to me. I remember the first time I had a conversation in that beautiful hall. I worked here 10 years before that as a policeman. Of course, I recognized the beauty of the building and of that beautiful room. We have put out there what we refer to as a Hall of Fame of Senators. It is a place where you have photographs of Senators who were extra special Senators, people who the rest of the Senate, after that Senator left the Senate, determined was somebody who deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. One such man is Arthur Vandenberg. I wish I could have known him. He was a wonderful Senator, a very progressive, thoughtful man. My distinguished colleague, the Senator from Michigan, Mr. Levin, read into the Record last week, May 20: What the present Senate rules mean: and for the sake of law and order, shall they be protected in the meaning until changed by the Senate itself in the fashion required by the rules?…”