Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I move to refer the message to accompany H.R. 2882 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] moves to refer the message with respect to H.R. 2882 to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 1 day, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that reduce the total amount made available under the message by 5 percent, which shall not include the reduction of any amount made available to the Department of Defense or the reduction of any amount made available for securing the international border of the United States. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided. The Senator from Kentucky.”