Political Quotes

“Madam President, I did not know Marie personally, as my friend and colleague from Rhode Island did. But his words, his passion, his emotion allow us all to know her a little bit better. Even just reading the newspaper accounts, she was a remarkable person. But hearing from Sheldon, both here and speaking to him privately, it is obvious that those who knew Marie were privileged and were touched by her life long before her untimely death. She leaves an amazing mark. I just wish to say to my colleague Sheldon, there are times that measure the mettle of a person and one of them is when they go through grief and tragedy. My respect for him, as high as it was before, is higher still knowing what he is going through and how he has worked to handle this difficult situation. I rise simply as a New York Senator who represents the area, Long Island, where Marie Catherine Colvin came from. We are working--Sheldon above all--desperately, to bring her home to her mother Rosemarie, so her family can provide her with a final resting place, providing her with the dignity she deserves. Marie had a remarkable career. It is no doubt that not only, as Sheldon said, the small band of journalists but many larger than that and anyone she knew will mourn her death for years to come because we have not just lost a daring journalist, but we also have lost a humanitarian, one who took her abilities as an investigator and a storyteller to speak for the voiceless.…”