Political Quotes

“recently, I heard from Mayor John Hollar and City Manager Bill Fraser of Montpelier, VT, about a wonderful gesture by Philippe Saurel, the mayor of Montpellier, France, who is also the president of Montpellier Mediterranee Metropolis. The story is this: the city of Montpellier, France, ordered soccer jerseys to support its soccer club. They were printed with the name Montpelier--the way we spell it in Vermont--rather than Montpellier, as it is in France. As a result, Mr. Saurel, with M. Laurent Nicollin, the president of the Soccer Club of Montpellier, offered to send these jerseys to the Montpelier, VT, high school soccer teams. As the only U.S. Senator ever born in Montpelier, VT, I was thrilled and wrote to the mayor of Montpellier, France, with gratitude. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to make sure the U.S. Senate heard about this generous act. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter from Mayor Philippe Saurel to Mayor John Hollar. The tie between our two great nations and our two beautiful cities continues. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Letter From Mayor Saurel to Mayor Hollar Dear Mayor Hollar, I'm writing to you from Montpellier, south of France. The starting point of our story is that [both our] cities have almost the same name.…”