Political Quotes

“Mr. President, Senators are encouraged to come to the floor to offer their amendments this morning. We are going to be here doing business. Senators who have remarks, speeches, proponents of the amendments, opponents of amendments are given an opportunity here today which may be one of the relatively few opportunities that are going to be available. We will be here the Monday after we return as well before the vote at 5:30 on Monday, November 28, on a judicial nomination, but we will also be here before that time to hear from proponents and opponents of amendments and to have people offer amendments. We are not going to have the whole week, we have been told by the leader, when we come back for this bill, so we are going to have to make additional progress today. We made some progress last night. We cleared some amendments last night. We are going to try to clear some additional amendments this morning and adopt some amendments that can be cleared. We have 155 filed amendments, and we have 31 pending amendments. Again, we are going to try to clear some of those today and adopt some of those today, and we are going to try to do the same on Monday when we return. Again, I urge that Senators who want to speak on pending or filed amendments, proponents of those amendments, opponents of those amendments, let us know immediately, if you would, whether you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to pending or filed amendments.…”