Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague, and I thank the Presiding Officer. Wow, what an incredible week for Cleveland. While we are talking today, there are several hundred thousand fans walking down the streets in Cleveland in an awesome parade. As much as I appreciate being in the Senate doing my constitutional duty in my day job, I wish I were there. I know Senator Brown feels the same way. Because we cannot be there, we wanted to provide the resolution today at the time of the parade and be sure that all of our colleagues know how proud we are of the Cavs and get them on record. We are trying not to rub it in too much with our California colleagues, although I will now say I have a case of Great Lakes beer in my refrigerator that otherwise would have gone to one of my Senate colleagues, Senator Feinstein. Instead, I get a case of California wine. That is nice because last year it was the other way around. What an amazing season and incredible finals. I did get a chance to go to some of the games. I lived in Cleveland for a brief time when I was a kid. At that time, Cleveland was not known as a great sports town. Jimmy Brown and the Cleveland Browns were our last team to win a championship in 1964. Fifty-two years is a long time. The drought is over, and the Cavs did it in the Northeast way. Northeast Ohio is an area where, through grit and determination and perseverance, we are on the way back up. We are a comeback region. Cleveland is a comeback city, and that is exactly what happened.…”