Political Quotes

“I wish to thank the Presiding Officer very much for taking the Chair again and for his beautiful statement. I thought the Senator definitely debated the issue and took apart the argument that my Republican friends made against a rule that is widely supported by the American people. The Senator cited some of the amazing organizations. I will do that again tomorrow in the debate. Just for the sake of the folks who are still working here tonight, I don't plan to go much more than 5 minutes. It has been a very long day for everyone who works here and I respect that. It is not only these amazing groups that are with us that want us to defeat this very dangerous resolution--my colleague named some of them--the American Nurses are among those who understand what health care is about. They see people struggling to find a breath when they come in with these attacks. Also, religious organizations recognize we are only as good as the weakest among us. As Senator Lautenberg pointed out so eloquently, it is our kids who get the real impact of this many times as well as adults. What I wish to do in closing out the debate tonight--and we will have another hour of debate tomorrow--is just run through a few charts that tell the tale. The first one is: What does this resolution do? Because I know people may be following us and saying: What exactly do Senator Inhofe and his colleagues want to do?…”