Political Quotes

“I will speak as in morning business for up to 2 or 3 minutes. I just wish to take a point of personal privilege. As we get to the end of this immigration debate and hopefully have a final vote on this bill sometime this week, it is a very important issue for our country, and there have been any number of Senators who have been involved in trying to negotiate a very complex and tough bill. The Gang of 8 has done a terrific job, in my view, of managing lots of very controversial aspects to this bill. But a group of us, not connected directly to the Gang of 8, have been working on a group of amendments that are not central to the bill or rather potentially-- potentially, let me say--noncontroversial. We have been working with Republicans and Democrats parallel to the Gang of 8. I only ask the leadership on both sides, the Republican leadership, the Democratic leadership, to please look at the list that has been submitted for the record not once, not twice, not three times but five times--a list that has been well circulated--and if there are any objections to the specific ideas in the bill--not objections to the amendments but specific objections to the ideas of the amendments, the substance of the amendments--please talk with me and I will be happy to do everything I can to resolve any concerns.…”