Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for making that point, although I am somewhat sorry because I was going to make the same point. But I am going to make another point. First of all, let me say to those who may be watching, the gentleman who just spoke from Arkansas is one of my best friends in the Congress. He is a wonderful, wonderful person. He is dead flat wrong, however, in this assertion. His motion will not give a single cent to the National Guard, not a single cent to the police, not a single cent to anybody. All it will do is send the bill back to committee. It will delay this bill to do all the other things that it does from being enacted. It is sad that the Republicans in the Senate haven't passed a single appropriation bill. And, golly day, it took a long time to get them to some agreement on the supplemental, and then, when they agreed on the supplemental, they left the money for the National Guard out. So, I say to my friend from Arkansas, who is my dear, dear friend and a wonderful person, your amendment, with all due respect, first of all, as you know, is not going to go anywhere. All you will do is return the bill to committee and slow this process down and not give a single cent to the National Guard or policemen, either Capitol Police or any other police. That is the reality. Now, I wanted to rise and speak on behalf of this bill. I want to thank the chairman, Mr. Ryan, and I want to thank my good friend, who is also another dear friend of mine.…”