Political Quotes

“I want on behalf of the entire Senate to express our appreciation, the Senate's appreciation, for Senator Daschle and how he has handled the day. It has been a remarkable period of leadership. His performance--and I say that in a most positive way--has been just exemplary today in the briefing we held down on the first floor today, with all the Senators, with Senator Daschle leading that discussion, with all of the personnel of the Senate there assembled, and his actions in reminding us we are Senators, that we are leaders, and we should act accordingly. Senator Daschle has had a lot of fine moments. But that was one of his finest. I am very proud of him. As I say, I speak for the entire Senate regarding how he has handled himself through this very difficult time. He has a burden when he doesn't have anthrax in his office. But pile that on his shoulders and it is a difficult situation. Like the Tom Daschle we all know, he came through with flying colors.”