Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise to speak on both nominees. I will start with Bob Mariani. And I refer to him that way because I have known him a long time, but his full name is Robert David Mariani. Bob Mariani is someone I know to be a person of not just high intellect and ability but also someone with great integrity. Bob Mariani was born in Scranton, PA--the same city in which I was born. I still live there and so does he. He received his law degree cum laude in 1976 from the Syracuse University School of Law and also received his college education cum laude from Villanova University, graduating within the top 10 percent of his class. He was ranked second within his major field of study as an undergraduate. Bob Mariani is a well-respected lawyer and advocate in northeastern Pennsylvania. He has received the highest rating--well qualified--from the American Bar Association. He spent 34 years as a civil litigator in Scranton, PA, where he specializes in labor and employment law. Since 2001, he has been the sole shareholder in the law firm that bears his name. He was also the sole proprietor of a similar law office that bears his name from 1993 to the year 2001, and a partner as well in an earlier iteration of that law firm, Mariani & Greco, from 1979 to 1993. Bob has taught labor law at Penn State University and been an instructor at Penn State's Union Leadership Academy Program, where he taught labor law and collective bargaining.…”