Political Quotes

“I now call up a list of 17 amendments which have been cleared by myself and Senator McCain. I am going to list these amendments: Blumenthal amendment No. 2940, Brown of Massachusetts amendment No. 3036, Toomey amendment No. 3064, Levin amendment No. 3114, Casey amendment No. 3193, Risch amendment No. 3213, Wicker amendment No. 3220, Johanns amendment No. 3222, Coburn amendment No. 3237, Levin amendment No. 3243, Lieberman amendment No. 3256, Cornyn amendment No. 3260, McCain amendment No. 3261, Kyl amendment No. 3271, Webb amendment No. 3275, Nelson of Nebraska amendment No. 3279. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I will not object---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will come to order. Mr. McCAIN. We now have 17 more amendments. We will be proceeding tomorrow morning. I want to tell my colleagues, we will be looking at other amendments to put into a package we can agree on, but I also urge many of my colleagues who have redundant and duplicative amendments to look at their amendments and withdraw them if possible so we can dispose of remaining amendments as soon as possible tomorrow. I thank especially Senator Feinstein and Senator Graham and Senator Ayotte and those who were involved in this whole detainee issue. I think it was a result that helped us to move forward enormously. I thank, obviously, the chairman for his unlimited patience, which is a quality which I do not have.…”