Political Quotes

“Madam President, reserving the right to object, I notice neither of my colleagues addressed the fact that, still, why didn't this go to committee? Why wouldn't we go through a process? This massive, billion-dollar bill, why wouldn't we go to a committee? They did not address that. And, by the way, they talk about a technical error. I was here when my colleague from Florida had a technical change where the number was wrong, and my Democratic colleagues blocked the amendment. So this is not unheard of. On top of that, they never addressed the fact that this puts our Medicare recipients and our Medicare Program at further risk because the program is not fully funded, and this is nothing to fix it. On top of that, with our retiree benefits in the Postal Service, their funding is underfunded. This doesn't do anything to improve their funding. So I am not going to object, but let's make sure we clear up the facts here. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the request is agreed to. Message The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Ordered, That the Clerk be directed to request the Senate to return to the House of Representatives the bill (H.R. 3076) entitled ``An Act to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.'' Vote on Return of Papers The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs on agreeing to the request of the House to return the papers.…”