Political Quotes

“I commend the Senator from West Virginia and the Senator from Alaska and the Senator from Hawaii. It is a hard job. It is not easy. We are talking 80 days. And those days are shrinking as long as we take to resolve this in the supplemental. There are a number of amendments that have been offered that under normal circumstances I would probably support. The LIHEAP amendment is a very important amendment for those of us who come from the Northeast. I find many down the list that are very appealing. I think our colleagues on the Appropriations Committee have done a good job. I do not suggest that my good friend from Arizona, and others, are not making a good case that additional resources may be necessary to help our service men and women to improve equipment, but it seems to me that we are just a few days away from dealing with a larger issue, the budget issue, in which these matters could be addressed. So when it comes to the pending amendment, I am going to reject the additional spending that is being proposed and support the committee's desire to adopt this supplemental, if we can.”