Political Quotes

“I am sorry that our colleague from Arkansas has left the floor because I was sitting there listening to his comments and his recognition and acknowledgements of the 14 Senators who worked on the compromise this past week and all the efforts they had made. I commend him and all the others of that group and all those who encouraged us as a body, as Senators--not as Republicans, not as Democrats but as Senators--to move forward so that we could get through what I certainly believe was a great impasse in this body, to work through the issues, to get us to the point where we cannot only move through the President's judicial nominees, but that we can do the rest of the work with which the Senate is tasked. The good Senator from Connecticut has just mentioned the Energy bill and the Transportation bill--these issues the country is waiting for, the country is asking for, and the work that is incumbent upon us as a body to get to. So I am pleased that we are at the point where we are, not spending hours on the floor today to discuss nuclear options or constitutional options, but that we are talking about the work before us as we look forward to these upcoming months. I do see a sense of compromise that will be necessary if we have any plans at all to accomplish that which I think this country expects us to do. I am pleased that we have gotten through to this point.…”