Political Quotes

“it is his misfortune, the Senator from Alaska, to not be here on the floor to listen to those eloquent and gracious remarks of the Senator from West Virginia. So I think it falls to me, inadequate as I am, to thank the Senator from West Virginia for those thoughts and to say that it reminds those of us who have not been here quite so long of the magnificence of the personal relationships that are created here by broad-minded Members like the Senator from West Virginia and the Senator from Alaska over the years, even though I suspect that during many of those 12,000 rollcalls--literally thousands of them--they voted on opposite sides, sometimes with views that were very strongly held. I think it is only the Senator from West Virginia and perhaps the President pro tempore who will cast more votes than Senator Stevens, who I note now is here, and I would rather he speak for himself. But I say, Mr. President, through you to the Senator from Alaska, that I was privileged to hear the eloquent remarks about the Senator from Alaska on this occasion that the Senator from West Virginia made. They do great credit to him, and they do equal credit to the Senator who made them.”