Political Quotes

“I also would like to thank the staff. My group is here. And I say to Senator Murray, your team is fabulous. We work hard on bills that come through the Senate, and there are a lot of challenges. But few are bigger than this, with all these amendments--hundreds of them that came through--and it was a real challenge. I congratulate the staff, I congratulate the Senator's team, and I hope we can continue to have good relations as we go forward and work together. I would mention Marcus Peacock, my staff director, who was fabulous. He enjoyed every minute of this. I asked him how he was doing, and he said: I am going to be sorry tomorrow when it is over. But maybe that is a sign of sickness. I do not know. I want to express my appreciation to my staff: Dan Kowalski, Bill Beach, Greg D'Angelo, Gene Emmans, George Everly, Matt Giroux, Brittany Godwin, Tori Gorman, Graham Hixon, Andrew Herther, Chris Jackson, Cari Kelly, Joseph McCormack, Greg McNeill, Carlton Milsap, Marcus Peacock, Kim Proctor, John Selden, William Smith, Paul Winfree, Stephen Miller, Andrew Logan, Garrett Murch, and Katie Moses. I think that is everybody. Tori Gorman has been back there in the center of that zoo and did a great job for us trying to work on these amendments.…”