Political Quotes

“Madam President, I just want to note what a great pride it is in our family to have welcomed the visiting pastor today, Father Claude Pomerleau, who is also my wife Marcelle's brother. He, with the gracious concurrence of our Chaplain, Dr. Black, has opened the Senate on other occasions. But it is with a great deal of pride for both Marcelle and myself when he is here and has a chance to visit with us. Father Pomerleau is a dear friend of all our family and has been a guide and spiritual leader for our family for decades. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that a short bio of him by the University of Portland, which even speaks about his clarinet playing, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Campus Ministry: Rev. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C. Rev. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., was born of French Canadian parents in Newport, Vermont on beautiful Lake Memphermagog, a lake that connects geographically and spiritually to the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. He began his academic career studying engineering and philosophy at Notre Dame followed by theology in France and Italy. He earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Denver in 1975 and has taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chile. Since 1991, he has served as an associate professor in the department of history and political science here at the University of Portland and became department chair in 1994.…”