Political Quotes

“Madam President, I want to respond to what has been said by my friend Senator Kyl from Arizona, as well as Senator McConnell of Kentucky, about the appropriations bill, which we are going to consider in a very short period of time. I am a member of this Appropriations Committee. I remember what happened, and I want to put it on the record right now so that some of the things that have been said can be compared to what I think is the reality. This is the reality: The Appropriations subcommittees--each and every subcommittee of that full committee--met with Democrats and Republicans and prepared a bill. I have the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Senator Susan Collins of Maine worked long and hard in preparation of that bill. Other subcommittee chairs did the same thing. There was full bipartisan cooperation in the preparation of each of these subcommittee bills--every single one of them. And the appropriations bill that we will vote on is the combination of all of that effort. Let me also talk about the amount of money we are going to appropriate to continue to fund the operations of our Federal Government. It is true, it is over $1 trillion. In fact, it is $1.1 trillion in this bill. But what hasn't been said by Senator McConnell and Senator Kyl is that is exactly the amount they asked for.…”