Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today, I take to the floor for the first time. I really am not one to speak a whole lot on the floor. My time in the House was very limited as to how many times I spoke on the House floor. Then, being in the Senate, this is my first time to speak, but it comes on an occasion that I feel is, I guess, the right time to speak. A gentleman whom I took great pride in knowing, whom I referred to quite often as a grandfather, Senator Jim Inhofe, passed away, unfortunately, this morning. And I was asked right off the bat, ``Would you be willing to do some interviews?'' on it. And then, obviously, we were asked to speak on the floor. And I didn't even know what to say. How do you describe Senator Jim Inhofe, right? How do you describe his family--Miss Kay, who, from the first time I ever met her, she made me feel as comfortable as if I was her own child, just someone who took time to pet on me and love on me when I was trying to learn just to be in politics because politics was new. Senator Inhofe would often take me by the hand--literally, by the hand--and say: Hey, listen to me, son. And over time he became quite a mentor--I mean, quite a mentor of mine. And I get asked all the time: How do you plan on filling the shoes of Senator Inhofe? And I say: How do you fill the shoes of a gentleman whose middle name was ``Mountain''? How fitting is that, right? Senator James Mountain Inhofe, because he was a mountain of a man. He blazed his own trail.…”