Political Quotes

“I have come to speak on a different topic, but I want to commend my friend the Senator from Illinois for his comments. I agree with him. Just yesterday, my colleague and dear friend Senator Kaine and I met with four of the families who were part of one of that litany of shootings, in Virginia Beach, where a mentally deranged individual came in and brutally murdered 12--mostly city employees and a few folks who were there to try to get city services. The anguish, pain, and hurt of these four families 4 years after the fact reflect the kind of anguish and hurt that the families in Nashville are feeling and so many countless others. I commend the Senator again and agree that it is incumbent upon us to do our job. Thoughts and prayers are not enough. I thank him for his comments. S. 316 Mr. President, I come to the floor this morning where, after 2 weeks of consideration and debate--and I have not been part of all that debate. I would like to say I had been because then I could use an excuse of why my voice sounds so crummy this morning. But after 2 weeks of debate and literally the way the Senate used to function, with votes on a whole host of amendments, the Senate shortly is poised to take a truly notable action: voting to repeal not one but two authorizations for use of military force, finally taking these outdated authorizations--dating all the way back to 2002 and the previous one, back to 1991--off the books.…”