Political Quotes

“let me thank Senator Coons for his remarks, echo one point he made, and make an announcement. The point I wish to echo is that the importance of American democracy and of clean American elections does, indeed, extend beyond our borders, as Senator Coons mentioned from his role as the chair of the Subcommittee on Africa in the Foreign Relations Committee. I grew up in the Foreign Service and served on the Intelligence Committee. I have traveled pretty widely in that role. There is a reason Presidents have talked about our Nation as a city on the hill. There is a reason Presidents have described our Nation as a lamp raised in the darkness, that the glow from what we accomplish lights the world. There is a reason the hymn ``America The Beautiful'' talks about how our ``alabaster cities gleam.'' There is not much gleam on those alabaster cities tonight, not after this vote. There is a lot of mud on the walls of those cities, and it is going to get worse unless we pass this vote. And people get it, which brings me to my announcement, which is that up to this evening, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee has had 34,269 Americans sign its petition supporting the DISCLOSE Act. Demand Progress has had over 50,000 Americans sign up for its petition supporting the DISCLOSE Act. CREDO Action, as I mentioned earlier, has had 213,000 Americans--213,000 Americans--sign up as citizen cosponsors of the DISCLOSE Act.…”