Political Quotes

“As I say, I have already spent over 20 hours on this. And as I say, I have never engaged in extended debate in my 27 years because the matters were handled by others or because we came up with a resolution of issues. But I stand here tonight, as I have over the last several months--as many of my colleagues know, I interrupted a Presidential campaign to come back and spend 10 hours on the floor here when this matter came up in December, to raise my concerns about this issue. I do not want to try the patience of the staff and others, including my colleague who is patiently sitting in the Presiding Officer's chair with little or no relief. So more than 20 hours of making my case here is probably more than most people can tolerate. But I want people to know how much I care about this and how much I wish and hope and pray that this evening, Members, regardless of party, will stand up tomorrow for the rule of law. So tonight, my fervent prayer and hope is that when this vote occurs, first of all, that I will be surprised and that 50 of our colleagues here will join with Senator Feingold and myself and vote to strike this language from the Intelligence Committee bill.”