Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have disposed of three pending amendments that were before us. As we mentioned earlier, we are looking forward to Members coming down to the floor to offer their amendments. We have agreed to a process here this afternoon. Today will be a somewhat truncated day on the Senate floor because of the State of the Union Address, but it is our hope that we will be able to get three amendments pending on our side and three amendments pending on the Democrats' side. The Senator from Nebraska, Mrs. Fischer, is prepared to speak to her amendment, and then we will move to the other side of the aisle. After that, I will be calling up an amendment from Senator Lee. We will then go to the Democratic side and come back here for a third round. Just to give Members an idea of what we will have in front of us, we will not be having votes on these amendments today, but I do think it should be clear to Members that we will be looking forward to doing a similar series of votes tomorrow. So I would encourage folks to come to the floor, talk to us, and let's get this process moving. With that, Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from Nebraska. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. Amendment No. 18 to Amendment No. 2”