Political Quotes

“I am still hopeful we can find a way forward. Many things in life are worth fighting for and this bill is one of them. I did not know if we would have to fight 12 hours and a few days or 12 hours and a month. But we are going to continue to fight for a strong small business bill for America. It is extremely important that we focus our attention on small business and that is what this bill does. We have a bipartisan bill. We have had a bipartisan amendment offered by the Republican from Florida, Republican George LeMieux, that got on this bill after 12 hours of debate. It is a stronger bill because of it. Because of a request by Senator Lincoln from Arkansas and, I understand, Senator Saxby Chambliss from Georgia, the leader, our leader, included at the request of both of them--not one, but both the Senator from Georgia and the Senator from Arkansas asked for the farm disaster relief to be included. It costs $1.2 billion. The wonderful thing about it is it is paid for. The status now is we have a very strong bill--$12 billion in tax cuts, a small business lending program and credit and collateral programs, a strengthening of all the SBA programs, the entire bill is paid for, and we have bipartisan support. What could go wrong? Something has. I am not sure that I know all the details of it, but I do know this bill is worth fighting for.”