Political Quotes

“more than four decades ago, a young 14-year-old boy arrived in Washington, DC, from Florida. He came here to serve as a Senate page under the patronage of the late colleague and friend of some of us who are still here, Senator Spessard Holland. That young Florida boy literally grew up in the U.S. Senate, graduating from our Page School, attending George Washington University for his undergraduate degree, and finally earning his law degree from the American University, most of the time simultaneously serving in some capacity here in the Senate. During the same period and subsequently, that young man matured into a very gifted, qualified, and helpful nonelected official. Mr. President, with much regret and with sincere gratitude, I want on this occasion to acknowledge the announced retirement from our ranks of Walter Joseph Stewart, the current Secretary of the Senate. To his legion of friends and associates, Joe Stewart is known simply and affectionately as just that--'Joe' Stewart, and I shall presume thus to call him in my following remarks, both from habit and from choice. In truth, as I indicated, Joe Stewart grew up in the United States Senate.”