Political Quotes

“Reluctantly, I must object at this time on behalf of a group of other Senators and myself, not to the terms of the unanimous consent agreement as has been outlined by the Senator from Nevada, but rather to bringing up the bill until there has been an agreement reached on how to deal with the supplemental funding for dealing with these wildfires. I think the Senator from Nevada is absolutely correct that that funding should be on the supplemental appropriations bill. Unfortunately, it has not been put on that bill so far. There are a lot of different reasons alleged to exist for that. It seems everybody is willing to do it but somehow or another they cannot all get together to make it happen, and if it does not happen on that bill, the only other alternative is to try to do it on the military construction bill. The Interior Department appropriations bill is not likely to be able to come before us in a timely fashion so the money that is needed for replenishing these Forest Service accounts can be replenished before the end of the fiscal year, and that is the reason we have to retain this option. I hope that within the next several hours an agreement can be reached and these funds will be put on the supplemental appropriations bill, as the Senator from Nevada suggests, and then we can move on with this important legislation.”