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SENATOR JONI ERNST regarding the riots that took place at the U.S. Capitol “There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
AMANDA GORMAN in the reciting of her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb”
GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS in her annual Condition of the State address
IOWA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PAT GRASSLEY in response to Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell’s dress code violation of wearing jeans on the House floor in protest of the lack of a mask mandate
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY NOMINEE TOM VILSACK in his opening remarks before the Senate Agriculture Committee “I am no expert, but I am a global observer, of course, there is climate change taking place. It is happening worldwide. Australia is just one example.”
AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER GREG NORMAN regarding the Australian brushfires
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA on Vice President-elect Kamala Harris while giving opening remarks at the inauguration ceremony “Those poor hedge fund managers – now might be a good time to invest in whoever makes the world’s tiniest violins.”
THE LATE SHOW HOST STEPHEN COLBERT regarding the ongoing GameStop stock controversy