Political Quotes

“on November 1, the Committee on Foreign Relations conducted a business meeting to consider several matters. The motion to report the nomination of Roland Arnall to be U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands failed on a 9-to-9 tie. The chairman then ruled that the nomination was ordered reported by an 8-to-2 vote, which reflected the vote of those physically present. With all respect to my friend and chairman, Senator Lugar, I disagree with his ruling, which negated the proxy votes cast by me and several of my colleagues; I believe it to be inconsistent with the rules of the Committee on Foreign Relations. So that the record of the proceedings at the meeting will be available to all members, I ask unanimous consent that the relevant portion of the transcript of that meeting be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Business Meeting of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate November 1, 2005 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:32 p.m. in Room S-116, The Capitol, Hon. Richard G. Lugar [chairman] presiding. Present: Senators Lugar [presiding], Hagel, Chafee, Allen, Coleman, Voinovich, Alexander, Sununu, Murkowski, and Sarbanes. Senator Sarbanes. First of all, on the point about filing lawsuits to delay the nomination, there are a number of individual suits that have been brought regarding some of these matters. I don't premise the position I'm taking on that.…”