Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, and I probably will have to object, but let me explain first of all that this is a rare moment that Senator Landrieu and I might be on the opposite side of the fence. And maybe when this is all done, we will not be on the opposite side of the fence because 99 percent of the time that she and I have conversations, it is about foster care and adoption and all those things. But let me speak to my reservation. First of all, we have had this list that she speaks of since at least this morning and maybe even earlier than this morning and we have been going through it. I will give a bottom line, but I want further opportunity to explain. There is now to the chairman's staff a counteroffer that we have that I would like to have Senator Landrieu and other Senators take a look at. I had an opportunity last night to spend some time speaking with Senator Landrieu about this, trying to get a process in place. I guess that process is in place now. We went through these amendments. But let's say, first of all, when there are noncontroversial amendments presented to us by the majority party, it means they have stated that they are noncontroversial and we go through the list. We may have a different judgment on some of them because it is my conclusion that not all of the 27 so-called noncontroversial amendments are, in fact, noncontroversial.…”