Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there is not the absence of a quorum, but I appreciate my colleague mentioning that. I said to him earlier today, maybe yesterday, Senator Franken is a joy to have around here. Some of us know he brings a real special touch for trying to infuse some civility into this place again. He came up a year or two ago with the idea of a secret Santa exchange. We actually did it this year. I was not going to mention it tonight. My secret Santa turned out to be the Senator from Alaska, Senator Murkowski, the colleague of the Presiding Officer. She gave me a most wonderful handmade gift that she and her staff created. Delaware is the only State that doesn't have a national park. What they did is they created, on a sheet of paper like this--only it was a firm sheet of paper, not a regular sheet of paper, but they literally-- this was the State of Delaware and they created a national park so we have a pop-up national park with a bus going around and our pictures riding along in the bus. I don't care what else I get for Christmas, that is going to be the best Christmas present for this year. I don't see how anybody tops that. But that provides not only some civility but also some levity in a place that could use both, so I thank the Senator for all his contributions, but especially that one. On something more serious. What I want to do is talk about the regulation EPA has been working on for a while. It is called the boiler MACT.…”