Political Quotes

“Mr. President, keeping with the brevity that we have to exercise now because I know the guest of honor may have to leave the floor and others are going to speak before he leaves, I will write a longer statement for the Record with detail. Johnny, it goes without saying--we keep saying it over and over again--how much we are going to miss you, not only because of the bipartisan work you did and the legislative achievements but because of who you are--your decency, your integrity, your warmth even in the heat of a battle. We are grateful for all of that. I will just make brief mention of a few issues. I will start with the Global Food Security Act, which was started here in the Senate by Senator Dick Lugar way back in the period even before 2009 when I began to work with him. Johnny made it possible for us to finally get that passed. What that act does is put into law to authorize into the future the Feed the Future program, one of the most successful programs the U.S. Government ever undertook. Millions of children have been saved from chronic hunger or stunting, where they literally cannot grow because they haven't been able to get enough to eat. That program will now be perpetuated over time because of the work of Johnny Isakson. I will add more numbers to that in my written version.…”