Political Quotes

“I have been in the Senate a couple of decades, and I have grown very fond of many people. There is no one in the Senate for whom I don't have high affection. But I have to say at the top of the list is a person whom I revere, a man by the name of Dan Inouye from Hawaii. Here is a man who has devoted his life to our country, and for someone to come on the Senate floor--even though the person doing that is my friend--and say what I believe are abusive things about Dan Inouye is offensive to me and I think should be to the rest of the Senate. This is a bill which is extremely important to our country. It is an emergency appropriations bill. Most of the money in this bill goes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and rightfully so. But there are other emergencies that come up from time to time. The disaster of Katrina was an emergency, but there are acts of God that take place. One such act of God took place in Hawaii on the island of Kauai. Rains lasted for 40 days and 40 nights, devastating that little island, but in particular it broke a reservoir, killing seven people. Seven people are dead. Senator Inouye came to this Chamber and offered an amendment to have an emergency appropriation part of this bill. That is what it is.…”