Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am standing today at not my desk location; I am standing at my senior Senator's desk location. This was the location for Jim Inhofe's desk 2 years ago when he retired from the Senate. And as you have heard from multiple different Members today, he will be deeply missed. I still have a moment every time someone says ``the senior Senator from Oklahoma''--and they are speaking to me--that I turn around and look for Jim. He will be sorely missed. Jim was my friend. He was my colleague. He was a mentor. He was a person to be able to work side by side with. Our staffs worked very well together because we chose to work well together and to be able to get things done for our State of Oklahoma. My task today is to tell a little bit of his story. I can't do that in a few minutes, but I am going to try to give as much as I can. James Mountain Inhofe--and everyone loved that middle name of his. James Mountain Inhofe was actually born in Iowa in 1934. His parents: Perry Dyson Inhofe and his mom, Blanche Phoebe Mountain. That is where the ``Mountain'' came from. Most folks don't even know. But the Nation and our State was forever changed when, at 8 years old, their family moved from Iowa to Tulsa, OK. They stayed, and he graduated from Central High School in 1953, later graduating from the University of Tulsa but actually attending classes all over the place to be able to get to that graduation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1958, stationed in Fort Lee, VA.…”