Senate Proceeding on Jan 15th, 2009 :: 4:36:50 to 4:39:25
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4:36:32 to 4:36:53( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: largest public health expenditure or effort by any single country in world history. that's what happens when joe biden takes to heart the message of a wise war horse like mike mansfield, looks past the stereotypes, past the party labels, and throws out all ideological language to find the common ground.

4:36:50 to 4:39:25( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Kerry

4:36:54 to 4:37:14( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: nowhere did i see that more than on issue of crime, mr. presid coming from the vantage point of being a prosecutor in the 1970's who then became a senator in the 1980's, i can there was no more divisive, ugly wedge,

4:37:15 to 4:37:38( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: than crime -- the 1994 crime bill. joe put an end to the willie hortonizeing of this issue. we worked closely together and put more cops on the streets of america. i rember joe's passion and tenaty on that bill. it was a huge legislation, complicated,

4:37:39 to 4:37:59( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: divisive, but not so because of joe's enormous skill that shepherded through the ideological minefields of what would might have been impossible. joe was simply not going accept defeat. dozens of trips to the white house, dozens of meetings with congressional leadership, all to find a

4:38:00 to 4:38:21( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: ground and ultimately pass a bill that resulted in the lowest crime rates in a generation. and every step of the way he sought out friends, he crossed the aisle, he worked the process and built allies and invited them to share not just in the work but also to share in the which is in the end the best way

4:38:22 to 4:38:42( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: to get things done here. that is leadership in the senate, and that's exactly how we make progress. he also brought great skill to his stewardship of the foreign relations committee. i've served on that committee for the full 25 years that i've been here, all of it with joe biden. some of it with joe biden as our chair.

4:38:43 to 4:39:04( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: let me give you an when russian tanks rolled into georgia, respecting georgia's sovereignty became a sound bite for a lot of people. but for joe biden, it was a moment to pick up the phone, call an old friend, someone he met as a young parliamentarian who was then in his 20's, and so joe biden got on a plane, took

4:39:05 to 4:39:26( Edit History Discussion )

John Kerry: that flight all night and sat on a hilltop in georgia with his old friend, adnan khashoggi, and together they talked about a man who was in danger, a m willing to die for democracy. this is just one small example