Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to join with Senator Reed and so many of my colleagues today as we express our great sorrow in learning about the death of Senator Jim Inhofe. Jim was an icon here in the Senate. He was a personal inspiration to me. When I first got here, he was the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee in the Senate and worked with me. My first legislative accomplishments came as a result of him and his staff working with me to help me establish myself as a new Senator and to do the work that the people of South Dakota sent me here to do. And he made that possible because of just the way that he led the committee and his understanding of what it takes to get things accomplished here in the U.S. Senate. And I am grateful for his legislative prowess, for his leadership as a chairman of not only that committee but later the Senate Armed Services Committee. And I am grateful for his tireless work ethic. I have learned a lot. My first trip actually, as a Senator, abroad was to Iraq, and I went with Senator Inhofe. And I can tell you from traveling with him--and I know that anybody who has traveled with Senator Inhofe knew--that he had boundless energy and an ability to work people half his age under the table. He was truly a remarkably durable and passionate advocate for this country, a man of deep convictions, and--as was pointed out by Mr. Reed--somebody who had a connection with the rank-and-file military because of his military background.…”