Political Quotes

“before my distinguished colleague departs, a little later this morning I am going to talk about the agenda of the forthcoming ceremonies regarding the dedication of the World War II Memorial. The distinguished Senator from Hawaii, both Senators in fact, served in our military during World War II. My recollection is one Senator went to the European theater; that is, Senator Inouye, and this distinguished Senator went to the Pacific theater. I thank him for his participation in this memorial. It was first legislated in the Congress and then through the years, when Senator Dole and others were involved in raising non-Federal funds, close to $100 million, to erect the magnificent memorial which will be dedicated a week from tomorrow. I wanted to thank him first for his service on the Armed Services Committee, his enormous interest in the men and women in the Armed Forces, and in our national security. I have great recollections of when he and I went down with Senator Dole the other day to the memorial.”