Political Quotes

“I thank my friend, and I agree with him. If each of us had written the bill that is before us, it wouldn't look the way it looks. Clearly, if my friend had written it, this wouldn't be in there. If I had written it, this wouldn't be in there and a lot of other things would. I am so happy Chairman Inhofe has arrived. I am the ranking member on the Environment and Public Works Committee. Our title is responsible for 70 percent of the spending in this legislation. We knew that everyone had a wish list. We knew that if one Senator got everything he or she wanted, we wouldn't have a bill, and if I got everything I wanted, we wouldn't have a bill. We had to meet in the middle, and we had to withhold on some of the items on our wish list. Frankly, I think that is the story of legislating a huge and important bill such as this, and it is an important bill. Before I came over here, I say to my friend Senator Inhofe, I read that the whip over in the House, who comes from California, said: The Senate should not send the bill over to the House. My response to that is, if we have a bill, we are sending it. He said: We are leaving, and that is it. If the House chooses to go out on vacation, a work period, or whatever they do, that is their business, but it is our job to fix the problems we are facing. With the help of my friend Chairman Inhofe, I have a couple of pictures to show everyone.…”