Political Quotes

“I know we are soon going to be voting on other matters, and I see the distinguished senior Senator from Florida, who wishes to speak, so I will not take long. However, there is one area I don't want people to forget about; that is, the Violence Against Women Act. Eight months ago Senator Crapo and I joined together to introduce the Leahy-Crapo Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011. We decided to put victims first, not politics first. So we set aside any partisan differences the two of us might have. We did this so we could tell the Senate that even though we come from entirely different political philosophies, we are united on the need to protect victims. At a time when we hear people say this body is deeply divided, an overwhelming majority of the Senate, Republicans and Democrats alike, joined us in that effort, and we passed this commonsense legislation with a remarkable 68 votes. That is a rare feat in the Senate today and it sent a clear message--stopping domestic and sexual violence. There are some who say we couldn't get 51 votes to say the Sun rises in the east. We got 68 votes to protect victims. We sent a clear message that stopping domestic violence is a priority and we will stand together to protect all victims from these devastating crimes. Most of us here hoped the House Republicans would follow our demonstration of bipartisanship. We gave them an excellent bill and a chance to quickly take it up and pass it.…”