Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Ohio. One of the challenges we have, of course, is the calendar, as this reaches toward the end. Again, I am committed to stay here as long as we can to fix this and make this work. I do worry about our colleagues across the hallway and their calendar and making sure that they are finding the time to process this legislation, along with the legislation that the Senator from Ohio is concerned about. Again, I think this is something that we ought to be able to move on as we address the concerns of the Senator from Ohio--and the concerns that I think, at least to some degree, will be addressed in the continuing resolution--and to continue to work on legislation that is truly bipartisan and beneficial from a standpoint of providing more resources for manufacturing partnerships, more resources for commercialization efforts, additional resources for STEM education, and having more underrepresented minority community members involved in STEM education fields. These are things I think we can work on, and this place has to have the ability to work together on efforts that the Senator from Ohio is so concerned about and also the efforts that we have through the America COMPETES legislation. I believe we can do both. I understand the objection, and I appreciate the offer and willingness to work together.…”