Political Quotes

“Mr. President, let me first say I also am on the floor because today is April 16, the sixth anniversary of the horrible shootings at the campus of Virginia Tech. I think every Virginian and every American--I can say Virginians at least--remember when we first received those news reports of the violence perpetrated by Seung-Hui Cho. I say to my colleague and friend, the Senator from Virginia, in the 33 years we have known each other I have valued his friendship and appreciate his intellect, grace, and knowledge. There was never a moment I was prouder of then-Governor Tim Kaine than those moments after the tragedy. I don't know if in his comments he noted he had been on a trade mission in Asia when these incidents happened. He barely had landed when he turned around--he and his wife Anne--boarded a plane and came back with virtually no rest. As a Governor you bear these responsibilities in remarkable ways when Virginians are hurt, and in those days he spoke for all of us. The words he said at the Virginia Tech campus in the ceremony afterward brought together the community and brought together our Commonwealth. In many ways he spoke for our whole Nation, as he has so eloquently spoken this morning. I thank him for what he did as a Virginian in those days afterward and thank him for the eloquent comments he made this morning. In the aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, under the leadership of Governor Kaine, Virginia acted.…”