Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have one last unanimous consent request, and I appreciate the participation from the Senator from North Carolina. I appreciate our dialogue here. I think this is constructive and productive. This last UC request is very simple. It is the same one, with a small modification that Senator McCaskill made on Friday night, and that is very simple. Every time we have done a shutdown--I have been involved in one. It was the ``Green Eggs and Ham'' Affordable Care Act shutdown. It was the worst period of time I ever spent in the Senate. Sherrod Brown always says: No whining on the yacht. Don't feel sorry for yourself for serving in the U.S. Senate. It is a privilege. It is a great job. Shutdowns are miserable. But during that shutdown and during every other shutdown that I am aware of, we always took care of our servicemembers. Senator McCaskill on Friday night put that UC in so that we made sure everyone who is serving in harm's way or prepared to serve in harm's way, supports our military, gets paid. Frankly, in the heat of the moment on Friday night, when there was still a lack of clarity whether we were going to get through it without a shutdown, I understand nobody wanted to allow a UC request of any sort to go through. But then Friday came, and it was is not at all clear that we were going to move on this. And now we are into Sunday, and I don't know where we are with this, but I am getting increasingly worried.…”