Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I understand we are not in any particular order. I wish to speak for about 15 minutes, and then I understand there will be leadership time prior to the vote scheduled for 5:45. I wish to take a minute to refocus the Senate on the issue we were debating when we left on Friday. We took some time over the weekend-- many of us worked through parts of the weekend--to see if we could try to bring a very important debate to a close. It looks as though, from conversations through the weekend and this morning with the leadership, we are making progress, so I am encouraged at this point. However, of course, until the motions are made and the votes are in, we are not 100 percent certain. But it feels as though the debate last week really moved many Senators, both Democrats and Republicans, to understand how important it is to focus our efforts--particularly in this last week before we leave for the August recess--on Main Street, on small business, on getting directed help and support, through a variety of different avenues, to Main Street. That is what we spoke at great length about last week.…”