Political Quotes

“Madam President, it is hard to believe that my friend Richard Burr is leaving Congress. He is someone I have known since my days in the House of Representatives, and we have been friends from the very beginning. So it is difficult to imagine serving in the Senate here without him. We came to the Senate in the same year as well. Our wives are very close friends, and we have had many wonderful times with the Burrs. In fact, I have enjoyed hosting Richard in South Dakota on a number of occasions. Richard is an outdoors guy, as I am, and he fits right in in my home State of South Dakota--perhaps except for the fact that he is the only guy not wearing socks. Although I will say, I have found occasions which have required him to get the socks out of his suitcase. During one of our trips to South Dakota to hunt pheasants, we landed in Sioux Falls. We got off the plane and it was 7 degrees and I noticed at the next stop he had socks on. So there are limitations to his practice of not wearing socks. But anyway one of our favorite pastimes, of course, in South Dakota is pheasant hunting, and I have had Richard out there a number of times during pheasant season. He is a great shot, I will say. He has a favorite place to eat. It is Al's Oasis in Chamberlain, SD, which is known for, among many things, homemade pies. I discovered when Kimberly and I visited Richard and Brooke in North Carolina, he is also a great handyman.…”