Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague. The reason I did this, frankly, was because the other side seemed to be misunderstanding what this bill did. So I was hopeful that they would just say: Terrific; now it is clear. No losses to taxpayers--``taxpayers shall bear no losses from the exercise of any authority under this title.'' I understand Senator Kyl said yesterday this was a sense of the Senate. It is clear. It is not a sense of the Senate: liquidation required, recovery of funds, taxpayers shall. There is no ``should.'' It is real. So that is why I am hopeful that if we can get started with a bipartisan vote, it will make the life of our chairman a lot easier because at least we would come forward with something on which we can stand together. I thank the Senator so much for working with me to make sure this is clear as a bell. As the Senator says, bills are complex. And people say: Why is this bill 800 pages? Well, it is complicated because we have to amend language in so many parts of the Federal law. But this is clear. We sum it up. We sum up the title in this way. I am excited about voting on this. I will be back after the luncheon hour to--if I need to--make the case again--not that my colleague hasn't done it for me, but I want to lift a little bit of the burden off his shoulders. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.”