Political Quotes

“if I may, I want to take a couple of minutes to express my disappointment at the Senate's failure to invoke cloture and to allow for the consideration of the Carnahan amendment. I am saddened, in the midst of this otherwise harmonious relationship we have been developing, that we would deny the opportunity to have a vote, an up-or-down vote, where 51 votes would win, 50 or fewer would cause the amendment to fail. We are not even going to have a chance for a straight vote on the amendment being offered by the Senator from Missouri. Let me tell you why I am disappointed. First, I think the country has, with almost unanimity, watched the Congress of the United States and the President of the United States work in a fashion unprecedented for those of us who are today serving here. There are some whose service goes back many years. But I suggest even for those with the longest service in the Senate, they could not recall a time during their service when we have been as united as a people and as united as public servants as we are today. With that as a backdrop, it was terribly disappointing to me to see us walk away from those individuals who every day go to work and try to make our airlines work as well as they can.”