Political Quotes

“I rise to speak about the Water Resources Development Act, the cloture motion of which we will be voting on very shortly. I strongly support moving forward with this legislation, and I encourage this body's support of that important work. I begin by thanking Chairman Barrasso, Ranking Member Carper, and Senator Inhofe for their great work on this bill. On the Environment and Public Works Committee, we have the leadership of Senator Barrasso and Senator Carper, and on the subcommittee that deals with infrastructure, I work with Senator Inhofe. The four of us have worked very closely in, I think, the best traditions of the Environment and Public Works Committee in the U.S. Senate in order to bring forward legislation that really does represent the priorities of all 100 Members of the U.S. Senate. From the beginning, I acknowledge the amount of work that was done in order to accomplish this. It was done in great measure by incredibly gifted staff people who have been working for a long period of time in order to bring this bill to completion. Obviously, there are rough edges, and there are problems that require a lot of negotiations. Yet I know that Senator Barrasso, Senator Carper, and Senator Inhofe will agree with me about the importance of our staffs' work.…”