Political Quotes

“with my dear friend from Nevada, Senator Reid, on the floor, I want to talk about his colleague, also my friend, Richard Bryan, who announced his plans to retire from the Senate. When he did, he said very simply and earnestly: It's time to come home. I have known Dick and Bonnie Bryan since they came here. I say Dick and Bonnie Bryan because, like Marcelle and me, we think of them as one person because usually at events outside work, when you see one you see the other. In fact, that is what I cherish about both my colleagues from Nevada. I cherish their family life. Dick said it is time to go home, and I am disappointed to learn we are going to lose a good humored and skillful colleague. As a Vermonter, I have to empathize with that deep-rooted impulse to go home. Everything Dick Bryan has accomplished here paves the way for his return to a better Nevada, something all of us hope for because all of us will leave this body at one time or another. Most of the time, the strength of our Nation stood resolutely with the welfare of Nevada in Senator Bryan's mind. As Democratic cochair of the Senate National Guard Caucus, he blocked unwise and unjustifiable cuts in our citizen-soldier force. He brought us together so the Guard's voice could be heard, and his persistence has positioned this invaluable force to prepare for the new, continually emerging strategic landscape.…”