Political Quotes

Governing the nation should be a team sport. Unfortunately, there are a lot of free agents in politics.

My remarks are going to be grounded in two major concerns that I have for the future of our nation...

[W]e have a tendency to think about dark days like Wounded Knee as in the ancient past, and we focus so much on those who died, those who were killed, those who were murdered that day, but we also have with us Cedric Broken Nose, who is a descendent. . .and I think it is an important reminder to us that this history wasn't that long ago, and that one of the reasons that it is important for us to honor this site is that there are still real living connections to the difficult, to the terrible, actions that were taken that day.

It does seem like we should find some common ground on the fact that it should be a lot easier to cite both transportation infrastructure and the kinds of minds that are necessary for us to not be as reliant on China in the future.