Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there is now going to be a 2-minute debate on the Menendez amendment on Iran sanctions. What Senator McCain and I asked for last night, and we again ask for now, is that the Members let us know which amendments they believe need to be voted on if a rollcall vote and a debate is necessary because we are going to attempt to put together a unanimous consent agreement which will lay out the amendments that would be voted on before cloture next Monday. It was our expectation by the end of the day that cloture was going to be filed by the leader. We can try to avoid that problem if we can work out a finite list of amendments to put in a unanimous consent agreement so we can work toward the final completion of this bill. So I urge Members during this period to work with our staffs and let them know what amendments they believe must be disposed of prior to the end of this bill. Amendment No. 3232 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment No. 3232 offered by the Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Menendez. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I thank Senator Menendez and Senator Kirk for this very important action of tightening sanctions on Iran. The centrifuges are still spinning in Tehran, and we have enacted strong sanctions. They have had some effect, but we have not had sufficient effect.…”