Political Quotes

“To my friend from Tennessee, not a chance. My wife over the weekend, in Springfield, said: I would like you to clean the garage. I said: Well, I have decided to clean half the garage. It is a compromise. She said: With whom did you compromise? That is what we are faced with. Senators Corker and Tester have come to the floor and said: We have a compromise. With whom did you compromise? It was not with the people who are affected by these debit card fees. No. They compromised among the banks. The banks all sat down and said: Let's work this out among us because we are talking about real money. That is their compromise. It is not a compromise. What is this all about? The average person listening to this debate is going to think: What are they fighting over there in the Senate, this bipartisan battle? What we are talking about is something we all carry around in our wallets and purses these days, a debit card. If I take this card and go to a local restaurant--well, let's use a different one. If I went to a local convenience store and said: I want to get a pack of chewing gum--Wrigley's because that is based in Chicago--I want to get a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum, here is my debit card, they take the debit card these days and they swipe it and they complete the transaction.…”