Political Quotes

“I want to first say I'm so proud of all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have spoken today. Gabby has brought us all together as never before. I'm a good friend of Gabby Giffords. She's a good friend of mine. I first met her before she ran for Congress when a mutual friend said to me, You ought to meet this lady. She wants to run for Congress and wants some advice. Would you give it to her? I called Gabby. She called me back. We spoke. And she decided to run, and we've been good friends ever since. My colleagues have all said it today: Gabby is as kind and as sweet and as nice a person as you could ever meet. She's considerate, she's thoughtful, she's caring, smart, hardworking. It's hard to believe that anyone would want to harm her. She was doing what she always did--going out in service of her constituents, helping her constituents, going out to a shopping center.”