Political Quotes

“when I came to the Senate, I can say without any equivocation, Howard Greene was one of those individuals to whom I and my colleagues--we had one of the largest classes of Senators at that particular time; took our oaths in 1979--but he was the man to whom we looked for a lot of advice and guidance. The distinguished Senator, Mr. Howard Baker, was then our leader on the Republican side. And it was clear that Mr. Baker placed in Howard Greene a great deal of confidence and respect, and indicated to Mr. Greene, to the extent he could be of assistance to the newcoming Senators, to do so. That early experience with him led to many, many times that we worked together. I find him to be a person extremely knowledgeable about the rules of the Senate. While the rules of the Senate are the subject of great discussion many, many times, there is a lot that is not in the rules. But, nevertheless, Senators are expected to follow the traditions. And he was particularly astute about all the unwritten traditions of the Senate.”