Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise tonight to speak of my colleague, Senator Arlen Specter, who tonight cast his 10,000th vote as a Member of the Senate. We watched history tonight. Sometimes we have a chance to witness history. Of course, we look forward to his many more votes, but we also look behind us at some of his own personal political history as well his service here in the Senate. I will offer a few remarks tonight about his service. I can say, after knowing him for many years, and especially after serving with him for now more than 3 years, if you go down that list of votes--all those rollcall votes over many years, serving the people of Pennsylvania--he has had one priority with those votes: Those votes were cast on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania. He has always been an independent voice for the people of our State. He has fought a lot of battles for the people of Pennsylvania. I know the people of our Commonwealth are proud of his service. His public service began after he became a lawyer. He went to the University of Pennsylvania, and then to Yale Law School, and then eventually he joined the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia. He rose through that office and became the District Attorney of Philadelphia. He was elected twice to that office and served 8 years. He was elected to the Senate in 1980 and was reelected four times after that. He was reelected in 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004. So he has performed those years of service as a Senator.…”