Political Quotes

“in this body, occasionally we have such moments we share as colleagues, and they are probably more rare than any of us would like. The rarity is really centering around what we have heard, and that is a juxtaposition, a coming together of probably the deepest pain and sorrow and sadness with a real celebration, manifested in part by the birthday of Garrett Lee Smith, but also the celebration and accomplishment that can only be accomplished on the floor of the Senate, working with the House, working with the President of the United States, where a piece of legislation is passed and you know it is going to affect scores of lives, hundreds of lives, and directly and indirectly thousands of lives of people we will never see, faces we will never see, but who will be touched in a way that is most powerful, and that is allowing them to lead fulfilling lives and not be captured by tragedy which, without this legislation, unfortunately today, where we are, would occur.”