Political Quotes

my colleagues, first, I thank the leadership on both sides for this opportunity to give a Pat Roberts ``adios, amigos'' speech. The story of how I got into politics is a pretty straight family path. As a fourth-generation Kansan, my…

thank you to my colleagues from West Virginia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and now the great State of Montana. The distinguished Senator from Montana is sitting at the desk that was occupied by Conrad Burns, a Senator from Montana who was a…

I thank Senator Hoeven for getting us together for a colloquy with everybody who is concerned about this. This is what we do on the Agriculture Committee, working in a bipartisan way when we see an opportunity, and certainly we ought to…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 45…