Political Quotes

“before the Chair is yielded, I wish to say it is almost like deja vu all over again. The great Senator from Maine was sitting in the chair only a few days ago when this Senator had a chance to make comments. Here we are again. I wish to say to the Senator from Texas, as he is leaving the Chamber, that I think the Senator is a good Senator who believes strongly in what he is saying, but if there is a will, there is a way. Reasonable people can come together and work through to a reasonable conclusion. I was going to say, with the Senator from Texas on the floor, the Senator had a chance to express his opinion. Indeed, the Senator did with his vote when we passed the appropriations bill, now called the continuing resolution, because we have not brought each of the appropriations bills to the floor. We accepted it at the House number. The senior Senator from Texas expressed his opinion by means of his ``no'' vote, but ``yes'' votes won, and we sent it to the other body to keep the government open. Indeed, the government is not open. I go back to 2 days ago when the Senator from Maine was the Presiding Officer and here we are again.…”