Political Quotes

“Indeed they have. There has been strong support. Mr. President, I see our distinguished colleague, a member of the Committee on Armed Services, about to address the Senate on a subject on which I have been privileged to work with him for some time. I must say that in the many years I have been on this committee I have never seen a more diligent nor a more committed effort than that by the Senator from New Hampshire. It has been a matter of personal pleasure to me to work with him and to go back into the history of the U.S. Navy about an event of great tragedy. I think what he is proposing today will be well received by the Senate and, indeed, hopefully by the naval community which have labored with this burden for these many, many years since the closing days of World War II. I remember vividly at the time this particular ship was sunk, the Nation was absolutely shocked and just couldn't believe it.”