Political Quotes

“I rise today, like a lot of my colleagues, with a heavy heart for anyone who has suffered from yesterday's tragic and cowardly attack. Yesterday was one of America's darkest hours. Our thoughts and our prayers are with the families of the victims and those who were injured or killed yesterday and with all Americans. America is coming together and focusing on bringing the full weight of our Nation into recovery effort. We will find our missing, bury our dead, heal our wounded and rebuild. The light of freedom has not been extinguished. As the book of Isaiah says, ``Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.'' From this day forward, the word needs to go out from this country that no matter what dark place the enemies of America wish to hide in, our law enforcement and military will find them. I strongly support President Bush and his position that countries providing safe havens to known terrorists be treated no differently than the terrorists themselves. We have the ability to deliver destruction of biblical proportions. Those who carry out these horrible acts need to be punished, either through our court system or through the reach of our military.”