Political Quotes

“Madam President, every working body needs a strong heart to function. This legislative body, the Senate, is no different. For many years--as long as I have been in the Senate, and that is a while--Lula Davis has been the heart of the Senate. In 1997, when we elected her as assistant Democratic secretary, she was the first woman to hold that position. Before the 111th Congress, we elected her to be the secretary of the majority--the first African American in that role. Over the last 2 years, she has expertly tackled one of the toughest jobs anywhere in politics. More importantly, the last 2 years have also seen the debate and passage of some of the most historic legislation in the entire history of the country--laws to protect Americans from health insurance companies, from Wall Street banks, from credit card companies, from tobacco companies, from mortgage fraudsters, from unsafe food, from discrimination, from inequality, and so, so much more. Any one of these bills by itself would define a session of Congress. We did all of them in just the last 2 years, and we could not have done any of it without Lula Davis's leadership. Lula has come a long way since her days as a teacher and guidance counselor, and even further from her time in rural Louisiana.…”