Political Quotes

“Mr. President, in about 1 hour, the Senate will convene for a vote. It is one of the few times this week that the Senate comes together. Those who are following our proceedings will see Senators from all over the United States gather on the floor of the Senate. That gathering will be for a crucial vote as to whether the Republican filibuster on Wall Street reform will continue or end. This will be the third time this week we have given the Republicans an opportunity to join us in a bipartisan effort to bring real reform to Wall Street and the big banks on Wall Street. Twice now we have failed to get a single Republican who will stand and vote with us for Wall Street reform. I don't understand it. Certainly, they understand what we have been through as a nation with this recession. They realize that some $16 trillion of value has been yanked out of our economy, yanked out of savings accounts and 401(k)s and out of business ledgers. They know what has happened when businesses have failed and millions of Americans are out of work and they realize the root cause of this was on Wall Street, with some of their dealings that, frankly, were outrageous, and now we are trying to change them. Yet we have failed to come up with one Republican Senator who will vote to begin the debate on Wall Street reform--not one. A colleague of mine analyzed what Wall Street is doing to lobby against this bill.…”