Political Quotes

“I will make a few comments in respect to the closing days of Black History Month, the month of February. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take a truly extraordinary journey with Members of the Senate and House Members. I use the word ``journey'' because this trip was not only to a geographic destination, not only a place to which we traveled but, indeed, was in many ways an emotional and a spiritual voyage that touched--I know me and, in talking to my colleagues, them--in very deep and meaningful ways. It was 2 weeks ago Friday that we departed from Washington. This journey was one I had the honor of leading. It was a bipartisan delegation. Ten Senators participated at some time over the course of those 3 days on this civil rights pilgrimage to Alabama and to Tennessee. It was a real privilege to travel not just with my colleagues in this body and the House of Representatives, but also traveling with us were some of the loftiest figures of the civil rights movement.”