Political Quotes

“So what my colleague has done by offering this amendment is to offer now the agreed-upon Commerce package and the agreed-upon bill so that we can finally get started and not have us torn asunder. It was wonderful to interact with Senator Hutchison today because she made her point that she is quite satisfied with the compromise that has been worked out between herself and Senator Rockefeller on the new compromised Commerce piece. So when we come back, here is where we will be: Senator Reid has offered that new package, which is 100 percent bipartisan. I have talked with Senator Inhofe. His staff and my staff are going to be working literally--I don't want to say 24/7; that is an exaggeration, but they are going to be working every day, including the weekends, over this work period to take probably 200 amendments--that is usually what happens in these bills--and try to get a few that are simple, that are not controversial, get those agreed upon on a staff level, and bring them back to a lot of principals. We have a lot of principals in this because we have four committees--all working in good faith, I might add. So I am excited. I know Senator Landrieu is on the Senate floor, and she has been doing a wonderful job with Senator Nelson, Senator Shelby, Senator Wicker, Senator Carper, and others, on a bipartisan basis on the RESTORE Act.…”