Political Quotes

“I thank my distinguished colleague Senator Casey for those very generous remarks. He and I have worked together for the past 3 years plus, but beyond that we have worked during his tenure as a statewide officeholder, as Auditor General and Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I have not only worked with Robert Casey, Jr., but I have worked with Robert Casey, Sr., his distinguished father who was Governor of the State. While we were waiting for the train to arrive--this is an unusual evening in the Senate because the Acela was late, and it had a number of Senators coming from New York and points north. The train was about an hour late, so the vote was kept open for their arrival, and we had a chance to reminisce about some of our experiences in the past, such as when I first met his father, who was a young State senator and a candidate for Governor, when I was District Attorney of Philadelphia, and reminiscing about the controversial report his father, as Auditor General, made in 1970 on welfare problems, and it was very controversial. Although we were of different parties at that time, I backed up Auditor General Casey because I was the DA and I knew he was right. When his father was Governor, I was a frequent recipient of calls on the need for some assistance for Pennsylvania, and the answer was always yes. I am delighted to be his colleague in the Senate, and I thank him for those remarks.”