Political Quotes

“But Delaware is next door, and we share the Chesapeake Bay and a whole lot of chicken farms, so that is OK. I want to advise the Senator that his amendment 810 is pending, and I believe the leadership is negotiating on which group of amendments will be voted on in the next phase, which we hope we will be able to announce shortly. The amendment which the Senator has on the Patent Office, is not a pending amendment. Again, that would be subject to leadership on both sides of the aisle determining what would be called up. So I suggest he stay in touch with the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, and his floor staff, as they are talking with Senator Reid. But the Senator's amendment 810 is pending and I know he debated it yesterday and I know our colleague from Michigan, Senator Stabenow, chair of the Agriculture Committee, commented on that. I would just say to the Senator, because I believe him to be a compassionate conservative--a phrase we once used a decade ago--maybe not filing papers is one thing, but we do have 9 percent unemployment. Gosh, in my State, we are seeing people come to food banks who used to donate to the food banks. We are seeing an increase of people who have been laid off who either have no job or have taken now part-time jobs. So one of the reasons the food stamp population is increasing is because of unemployment. Unemployment is increasing.…”