Political Quotes

“I saw the majority leader come to the floor and give what I thought were very intemperate remarks suggesting that--not suggesting-- demanding that the President of the United States apologize, allegedly for politicizing the war effort. My belief, after looking at all of the transcripts of the comments that were attributed to the President and the Vice President--and I have them all right here, as well as the newspaper accounts of the same--it suggests to me that it is not the President but the distinguished majority leader who needs to apologize. I say that because it is very clear the President has not politicized anything with respect to this war. The comments in which he criticized the Senate--and I believe rightly so--have to do with our failure to adopt a homeland security bill. And he referred to the special interests that have been involved in impeding action on the bill, and complained about the fact that the Senate has not followed the leadership of the House and passed a bill. As a matter of fact, earlier today the Senate precluded a vote on the President's plan.”