Political Quotes

“Reclaiming my right on the floor, there is a vehicle moving including, possibly, the legislation that is coming from Senator Carper here. It seems to me that making a case for exactly why probably allowing that bill to come up, the very bill that Senator Allard and Senator Reed have drafted on homelessness that was unanimously adopted by the committee after significant work would be the right place--if people have ideas and suggestions on how to deal with Federal property or deal with allegations of fraud and the like, that is the vehicle. As my colleague from Oklahoma points out, he is the only member with a hold on that bill, so we are not going to be able to get to it, and the suggestion somehow that we are denying him an opportunity is really not the case. I am more than willing to entertain ideas and thoughts, and I do not want to speak for Senator Allard and Senator Reed--they are the authors of the legislation--but I am confident they would be more than willing to sit down and listen to the arguments and possibly include ideas in the legislation. Ninety-nine Members of this body have decided that this bill is a pretty good bill, and one Member has not. I respect that. You have the right to do that here.”