Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there are a number of Senators on the floor who wish to speak. I see the Senator from Michigan, who has indicated she would like to speak for a minute on this bill. I will talk for the next 5 minutes, and others are going to want to speak as well. I commend the Senator from Oregon, who has been down here day after day explaining the value of this extraordinary bill that was put together through hours and hours and days and weeks and months of debate in the Finance Committee and in the Small Business Committee. I was very pleased to hear the leadership--although we came to no final agreement in the last hour, I am feeling and hearing, as the Senator from Oregon alluded, that perhaps we are moving closer to that opportunity because this bill was built with good will, with hard work, with some smart and innovative ideas. Just to say how proud I am of the effort, this is just a list of headlines today that have come out in support of this bill. Some of these headlines are questioning, is someone blocking this bill? What is happening? Why can't we get this small business bill done? It is a good question. So it is Thursday night. We have some time to continue to work. The problem with the four amendments that were offered by the minority is that they are not exactly offering side-by-sides to that, but it is better than eight. So we are making some progress.…”