Political Quotes

“12 years ago, I stood on the Senate floor to give the most difficult speech I have ever given. I gave a eulogy to my father and a remembrance of his life. Today is also such a difficult time as I remember my mother, Alba Leahy, and her life which ended last month. It was an ending not really expected because while she was aging, she was of a family where so many lived well into their 90's, but it appeared that she was more ready to leave than we were ready to have her go. So as I stand on the floor of the Senate today, I remember a trip with my mother just a matter of weeks before she died. It was one of those beautiful clear days in Vermont when our State moves from winter to spring, and even though there was snow on the ground, the sky was a bright blue and the warm Sun caused the snow to drip from the trees and the brook to run in and out through the ice beside our home. My mother and I had driven to our farmhouse in Middlesex, VT.”