Political Quotes

“The latest political ploy by the Democrats is to paint the Senate majority leader as an obstructionist because he hasn't moved to consider certain bills passed by the other body. Well, let's think about that for just a minute. They can hardly use that talking point anymore. Yesterday, the Senate majority leader moved to take up the House- passed appropriations package, and the Senate Democrats blocked that motion. The Senate isn't obliged to consider every partisan bill from the House, and the House doesn't have to consider every bill that is passed by the Senate. But if there is any House bill that the Senate has the responsibility to take up, to debate, and to amend, it is the annual spending bills to keep government operating. We have to fund the government, and that is what we are doing. So I hope we don't hear any of this bellyaching anymore when we have a House bill that the Senate doesn't somehow take up. I yield the floor. ____________________”