Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to offer some remarks in furtherance of what Senator Specter told us about this great institution. I wanted to spend a moment talking about his service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. When I came to the Senate in 2007 as a Senator-elect, one of the first things I did was go to see Senator Specter. He asked me at that time to go to lunch. From the moment I arrived in the Senate, he made it very clear to me that not only did the people of Pennsylvania expect, but he expected as well, that we work together. From the beginning of his service in the Senate, way back when he was elected in 1980 all the way up to the present moment, he has been a Senator who was focused on building bipartisan relationships and, of course, focusing on Pennsylvania priorities. I am honored to have worked with him on so many priorities, whether it was veterans or workers, whether it was dairy farmers or the economy of Pennsylvania or whether it was our soldiers or our children or our families. We have worked on so many priorities. He has been a champion for our State and he has shown younger Senators the way to work together in the interests of our State and our country. That bipartisanship wasn't just a sentiment; it was bipartisanship that led to results.…”