Political Quotes

“our beloved former colleague, former majority leader, Senator Dole, and others have been very active in raising funds to build a memorial to those who served in World War II. I have been in consultation with him, as have other Members of the Senate, with regard to the success of this memorial effort. It has been successful. Today Senator Dole was proud to receive a donation from the private sector in excess of some $14 million. What a fitting day, the 56th anniversary of D-Day. I called Senator Dole, after consultation with a number of my colleagues, most specifically those colleagues in addition to myself who served in World War II, to get their concurrence in a decision that I had made sometime earlier to the effect that I thought Congress should participate in the funding of a portion of this memorial, a relatively small portion that remains to be raised to reach the goal. I asked Senator Dole to come today, which he did several hours ago. We met. We reached concurrence on the following language, which I will address to the Senate.”