Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Connecticut. The question I pose will center on not just why we are here, what the two measures are we are hoping to get a vote on, but why we seek to have support for those--first, to have support to get a vote in and of itself, and then to get support from our colleagues. I want to take us back to two scenes, one I referred to earlier today but one that I had just remembered tonight that is a painful memory for a lot of people in Pennsylvania. I did want to say this first as well. I had mentioned earlier a Pennsylvanian who had lost her life in Orlando in the terrible incident of this weekend. What I did not mention was a second Pennsylvanian, and I should have. The second person from Pennsylvania who was killed in that murderous rampage at the nightclub was a graduate of McCaskey High School in Lancaster, PA. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25, known to his friends as ``Drake,'' was a native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, according to his Facebook page. It also says he studied law in Puerto Rico. It goes on from there to talk about his life, but I did want to pay tribute to him as well. He was one of the 49 killed in addition to Akyra Murray, who I mentioned before. She was only 18 years old and lost her life as well. The two scenes I wanted to bring us back to include, of course, Charleston, SC. We are remembering that day of horror as well. We had an incident this weekend in a nightclub.…”