Political Quotes

“I follow my colleague from California, and I believe he said it correctly--the legacy of Dianne Feinstein. Our colleagues are in shock today, even though we knew Dianne was ill, even though we knew she was 90 years old, even though we knew she was the longest-serving woman Senator. The fortitude that she showed and demonstrated was constant. Sitting here just a few months ago in all-night vote-arama sessions, when the youngest of us wanted to crawl into our hideaways and sip coffee at 2 a.m., Dianne was at her desk voting. At 90, she had the fortitude, as Senator Murray said, to vote just yesterday. I don't know if it was the steel that was cemented into her at that moment of the mayor's assassination or the tragedy and cost of serving and knowing that you still had to move forward. No matter how disastrous the situation was, Dianne moved forward. I am so blessed to have served with her. But I want people to know the Nation has lost a legislative giant, women have lost a hero, and the Senate has lost a true colleague. Those of us who are out here today know when we say the word ``true colleague,'' we mean like a true collegial colleague. Sometimes we say the word with a little more disdain, like our ``frustrating colleague,'' or as Senator McConnell said, our ``good friend,'' when maybe in reality, it is hard to get those words out. But Dianne was the epitome of what the Senate is losing. Let's just face it.…”