Political Quotes

“I applaud my colleague, the distinguished Senator from Pennsylvania, for his remarks. In the year and a half we have served together in this body, he has stood out as a powerful advocate for consumers, particularly Pennsylvania consumers. He has always had a very thoughtful, helpful, and productive approach to the solutions he has put forward and espoused. It is an honor for me to follow him on the Senate floor here. On the question of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, I will talk about the immunity question for telecoms at another time. It is not yet clear what amendment will be allowed to be offered. I thought I would talk about two other issues at this point. The first is the process that has got us here. I do wish to pay particular tribute to the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jay Rockefeller, for how steadfast he has been in pushing through this process. We in the Senate have also been done a great service by our colleagues in the House of Representatives, who stood fast against the Bush administration efforts to stampede this legislation through without proper negotiation and without the basic process of back and forth that ordinarily improves legislation.”