Political Quotes

“I too come to the floor to say goodbye to our colleague from Montana and wish him well in his new endeavor as Ambassador to China--something the Pacific Northwest cares dearly about. So I know we will be working with him in his new capacity, but it really is a very historic moment for all of us and certainly for those of us in the Pacific Northwest. I will never forget Max and I riding back to our offices on the subway once and talking about the Inland Empire. I think people thought we were making something up, but that is how we refer to our part of the country and the interior, which is this huge economy that is built on agriculture, built on trade, built on natural resources that we hold so dear and for which we fight. To come to the Senate and to sit in the seat Scoop Jackson once held and think about how you will have the wherewithal and ability to remember all of what Scoop and Maggie and everybody fought for and to know the incarnation of that is right there in Max Baucus, the person who worked with them, who saw them, and who then carried that torch on these important policy issues, to me, is so important to recognize today because he really is a legislator in the mold of Magnuson and Jackson. I thank Max for one thing in particular; that is, doing deals. Around here people sometimes criticize doing deals. But you know what.…”