Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as the other Senator from our small State of 630,000 people, I want to thank Senator Leahy on behalf of all Vermonters and people throughout this country for his 48 years of service here in the U.S. Senate. On a personal note, obviously, Senator Leahy and I have worked together for many, many decades. He was very helpful to me when I was mayor of the city of Burlington. We worked together when I was a member of the House. Obviously, we worked together for Vermont since I have been in the Senate. And I think if you drive around our beautiful State--and we want you all to visit us, maybe not this weekend where there is a snowstorm but come in the spring--you will see many of the impacts Senator Leahy has had on our State, really from one end of the State to the other. But it is not only the impacts he has had on Vermont, it is the impacts he has had on the Nation and, in fact, as Senator Schumer said, on the entire world. As a U.S. Senator, Senator Leahy has been a great chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, dealing with some of the major issues that committee has dealt with over the decades. He has been a great chairman of the Agricultural Committee. And now, as we all know, he has done an outstanding job as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, along with Senator Shelby. In the middle of the night, I gather, they finally finished this omnibus bill, and we thank them very much for that.…”