Political Quotes

“I agree, when the assistant majority leader says there is an attempt to slow walk this bill, that is simply not the case. In fact, I will not do it right now because he is preoccupied, but at some time when we have the Senator's full attention--he has had a chance perhaps to talk with others on his side--I will propound a unanimous consent to vote as soon as we can, to vote this hour, to vote next hour, to vote sometime this evening, to vote sometime before the cloture vote, on this amendment. If we could vote before 4:30, we would be prepared to do that. Or if there is an effort to get a little bit more debate before the vote, that is fine, too, but there is no effort to draw this out. I am ready to vote right now on this amendment and move on. The Senator from Nevada made the point that this amendment offered by the Senator from Arizona shows how hard it has been for the majority leader, what he has had to put up with for many months; that it does not matter quite what he does, the bill is never quite right and amendments are offered. There are three responses to that. First, there have not been that many amendments offered to this bill, certainly not that many which have been debated and voted on, only a handful.”