Political Quotes

“just minutes ago, I was outside and was running up the steps to the Senate Chamber in order to cast a vote on the issue before the Senate, and the issue before the Senate was whether or not we would pass a bill to release the Epstein files. As you run up those stairs, if you look back over your shoulder, you see there, carved into the facade of the U.S. Supreme Court, the four words: ``Equal Justice Under Law.'' Equal justice under law, what does that mean to us who grow up in America? It means that nobody is above the law--not a politician, not a celebrity, not a billionaire, no one. Now, we certainly know that this vision to which we aspire--equal justice under the law--has not been fully accomplished, but we wrestle to move closer to that vision, to realize that vision. And today we had a chance as the U.S. Senate to move significant strides in the direction of saying: No one is above the law. The legislation that was considered was an amendment form of a proposal that I had drafted to say, ``Release the Epstein files,'' and my copilot Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico saying, ``Release the Epstein files.'' And, indeed, many Members on both sides have believed in this vision of transparency and accountability. Why? Well, because they value those words that are carved above the pillars of the Supreme Court: ``Equal Justice Under Law.'' They cherish that value in their heart that we aspire toward a vision where everyone is accountable.…”