Political Quotes

“This Senator accepts the statement that the Senator from Delaware made. This Senator did dispute the proposition which the Senator from Delaware has withdrawn, that the National Association of Attorneys General endorsed his position. That did not happen. They took no position on it. This Senator asserts that a majority of the attorneys general from the States which impose capital punishment did not endorse his position. This Senator also points out that the board of directors of the National District Attorneys Association did, in fact, agree with the position that the Senator from Delaware ultimately reached, but that many--I cannot say most and neither, I suspect, can the Senator from Delaware, because there are literally hundreds of district attorneys throughout the United States--that there was a considerable revolt among district attorneys with respect to that matter. And it is the belief of this Senator that if the district attorneys of the United States and the attorneys general of the United States were asked whether or not they support the provision which is before the House of Representatives today, it is the view of this Senator that they would reject it by a rather substantial majority.”