Political Quotes

“If my colleague will yield first for a minute, I wish to make it clear that it is precisely on the basis that I stated that I am objecting this evening. I believe the two leaders will be able to clear the two specific nominees my colleague asked unanimous consent for tonight. It is truly a matter of the clearance process through the hotline. As a result, what I said is true. It is nothing more than that, to my knowledge. I take all the other points my colleague made. As to my objection this evening, I prefer to have my colleague acknowledge that what I said is what I believe; namely, that this is a clearance process for the two leaders through the hotline and that it is my expectation that these nominees will be cleared through that process. It is simply not completed. Mrs. McCASKILL. I apologize. I didn't mean to intimate that the Senator was saying something he didn't believe. I apologize if that is the way it was taken. The point is pretty obvious. We have 84 nominees backed up at the train station, compared to 8 under the Bush administration. If anybody can't see what is going on, they need to tune in and pay attention. This is stall and block, stall and block, stall and block. Fine, but own it. If you are going to stall and block, let's see who you are. Claim it. That is all this is about. Claim it. If you are proud of slowing the process down, we just want to know who you are. To say this is about the two leaders clearing the hotline, that is not what this is about.…”