Political Quotes

“I wish to express not only my appreciation but that of the whole committee, on both sides of the aisle, for the amount of travel the Senator has done. I heard the Senator talk about how he made these inspection trips. He spent a great deal of his time traveling to our military bases in the continental United States and abroad. There is no one who pulls harder on their oar than the Senator from Oklahoma. I especially credit him with trying to resolve in a very fair and balanced manner the diversity of positions regarding the Vieques issue. The President had his views, the Government of Puerto Rico had its views, colleagues in the Senate had their views, and the Senator worked his way through that problem, and I know in this bill we have a fair and good solution to that difficult problem. I thank him.”