Political Quotes

“I thank you very much. I apologize to the Senator from North Carolina for interrupting. I did not mean to do that. Mr. President, I approach this a little differently. There is always tomorrow. But on this issue, there is no tomorrow; there is only today. I have been worried about this issue for some time. Yesterday, my concern became paramount. The people of the State of Nevada and this country deserve our attention today, not tomorrow. Dr. Julie Gerberding said: . . . many influenza experts, including those at CDC, consider the threat of a serious influenza pandemic to the United States to be high. Although the timing and impact of an influenza pandemic is unpredictable, the occurrence is inevitable and potentially devastating. I am concerned about smallpox. I am concerned about anthrax. I am concerned about chemical terrorism, biological terrorism. But this pandemic is coming. We have been told this time and time again. I think it is incumbent upon this body to pass our amendment that is now before the Senate. Republicans and Democrats need to pass this amendment because the American people deserve it. Four years after 9/11, the Government was supposed to be better prepared for the next national disaster. Yet as we witnessed all too clearly and painfully with Hurricane Katrina, our Government was not. We owe it to the American people to do better in the future. Today, we have that opportunity.…”