Political Quotes

“I wish to express my gratitude to the Senator from South Dakota. We have neglected perhaps the most important person in this process; that is, the Senator from Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who responded to a letter written by all 20 female Senators, asking him to have a hearing on this important topic and to move this bill forward. The Senator from South Dakota mentioned Senator Mikulski. She came to testify, along with Senator Ayotte from New Hampshire and Senator Klobuchar, and she talked about how important this was to all 20 of our women Senators and how proud they were of the fact that it moved forward. It wouldn't have happened without the Senator from Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, willing to take that challenge up and to move the bill to the floor in such a unanimous fashion. I wish to close by saying that all Members of the Senate presumably came here to try to do something important--not just to march in place or fill up space. Presumably, they spend the time away from their families, they go through the rigors of political campaigns, they suffer the slings and arrows of partisan politics in order to try to do something good, to try to help people who cannot help themselves. Here is a perfect opportunity to do exactly that. We are not asking people to do anything extraordinary.…”