This bill is not about fixing the Endangered Species Act, it's about gutting it,

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

after the flood comes the whitewash.

Joe Moakley not only taught us how to live, he taught us how to die, with great class and great dignity and even a little humor, ... He's really an incredible person and all of us feel a great loss.

[Moakley was working] up until the very end, ... up until he couldn't do it anymore.

The world is gonna miss Joe Moakley; I already do,