Political Quotes

“I yield 1 minute of that to Senator King. Oh, great, he has 5 minutes. I would like to have 4 of his minutes. I will start by saying my thanks to Senator Wyden for his leadership as well. I am pleased to be able to support his amendment. I am grateful he is supporting ours. I say to some of our Republican colleagues, I have talked to most of you in the last several weeks about this approach that Senator Boxer and Senator Corker and I are proposing; that is, to lower from $11 billion to $8 billion the amount of money that would go into the transportation trust fund. That would force us to come back and make a decision by the end of this calendar year. That would force us to do something real, do our job during the lameduck session. One of the reasons Republicans have said to me is: We can't do that because then that would force the bill to go back to the House from which it has emanated. Well, let me just say the bill is going back to the House. The Wyden amendment is going to pass. So get over it. The bill is going to go back to the House. It is not going to die there. They will do something with it. They may send it back to us in that same form or some different form. But for Republicans who have said: I understand the importance of doing something in a lameduck session, and we know we need to be compelled to do that but I just can't do it, well, you can.…”