Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise briefly to address a few remarks made by the senior Senator from Iowa and to compliment my colleague from Tennessee. But first, regarding all of these talks about our Founding Fathers and our Constitution, if our Founding Fathers had not intended for supermajorities to determine certain acts of this Congress, why would two-thirds of us have to vote to pass a constitutional amendment and three-fourths of the States have to vote to ratify one? I think that showed the intent. If our Founding Fathers had not intended for minority representation to exist, I wouldn't have two Senators like California; everybody would have a proportionate number of Senators. Finally and most importantly, with regard to the notion that we are the only democracy in the world to have a rule where majority rules, the fact is, that may be true. We are also the richest, safest, most prosperous democracy in the world, and that has a lot to do with the way we govern ourselves. So I wanted to make those three points. I wish to congratulate Senators Wyden, McCaskill, and Grassley on what I think is a very appropriate amendment to make sure we have total transparency in our process of holds in the Senate. I think that is right, and I think that is exactly what the American people would express. Lastly, I wish to thank the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from New York.…”