Political Quotes

“Madam President, I heard this morning the tributes that were made by Senator John McCain and Senator John Kyl about the role that was played by the very heroic judge who lost his life in the tragedy that took place in Tucson. Shortly after the tragedy, the offices of Senators McCain and Kyl reached out to my committee--the committee on which I am ranking member and Senator Boxer is chairman. They talked about how they would go about honoring Judge John Roll by naming the new courthouse that will be constructed in Yuma, AZ, after him. Many of us have come to know the work of Judge Roll after his tragic, heroic death in the recent shooting where he died protecting Ron Barber, Congresswoman Giffords' district director, and sacrificing himself. My office knew about him before, about Judge Roll's work on behalf of the judicial system in Arizona. Judge Roll contacted my committee staff last year, after a GAO report criticizing the way Arizona was utilizing their courthouse space. This is a letter from Judge Roll to us: On behalf of the district of Arizona, I strongly disagree with many of the conclusions in the report, particularly as they relate to Arizona and its attempts to cope with an ever- burgeoning criminal caseload largely arising from border enforcement. He hoped his response to the report would be helpful to us. It was. We have learned that the problems they have in Arizona on the border are something they have never experienced before.…”