Political Quotes

“the Senate has always been served well by the talent of the Senator from West Virginia and, most importantly, in making sure that we do our job responsibly. I would make only one 20-second explanation of why I think this treaty got less of a cover than any others. One was the way in which it was delayed and being presented and the timeframe. But a second reason is that people who followed this, which is a mistake to assume everyone should, people who follow this have been aware of what the terms of the agreement were since May of last year. I think many of us fell into the routine on Foreign Relations and Armed Services of thinking that its terms were well known. And it was widely accepted, the broad outlines of the treaty. But I think the Senator makes a very valid point and I, too, as ranking member of this committee, do not want to be party to these expedited efforts to deal with very significant security issues relating to the United States.”