Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, first of all, let me say that I concur with the chairman of the committee on the remarks he has made regarding his position. It is an important position, and the points he makes about countering what China is doing certainly is well-taken, and I completely agree with it. I am going to object to this, but it is for process reasons, not because the individual or because of the lack of importance of the position it is. In the past, we have always moved these together when we have a partisan situation like this. When we discharge them from the committee, they are discharged in pairs. On this particular one, we haven't done that. I know the chairman is going to say that that is our fault because we haven't put a person up yet to move in tandem with this. To that, I will concede. But having said that, again, the process is we have always done this in pairs in the past. I commit to the chairman--I have already talked to the chairman about this--that we will do this. And before the end of January, we will have such a person to move together with this. If he asks after that, I will not object. But at this time, I have been requested to object so that we can have the opportunity to put that person up. So at this point, I would object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Jersey.”