Political Quotes

“I think this discussion has been very important and very instructive because it underscores that not only does the distinguished Senator from Vermont object to my efforts to pass the veterans clinics bill with the amendment at the desk by unanimous consent, but he also objects to Senator Landrieu's efforts to pass the same veterans clinics bill, in her case, without the amendment, without the offset. I asked him that direct question. He made it very clear that he continues to demand that we pass his entire much broader bill and will not let this hostage go. I think that is very sad and very inappropriate for him to object to my effort, for him to now object to the efforts of Senator Landrieu. She made the unanimous consent request to pass the clinics bill, the focused clinics bill. He is objecting to that as well. It is also completely contrary to what Senator Sanders has said before, working on these and related issues. In another instance in late 2013, November, Senator Sanders himself, talking about our colleagues, said: I'm happy to tell you that I think that was a concern of his. Another colleague-- We got that UC'ed last night. So we moved that pretty quickly, and I want to try to do those things, where we have agreements, let's move it. Where we have agreement, let's move it. We do not have agreement about the significant details of the much broader Sanders bill.…”