Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for that information. I hope that is the case. And I would hope that we did not have that. We talked about-- I have talked about and you have talked about--just now, bipartisanship. I would hope that we would pass a budget that then the Appropriations Committee and other committees would be able to work on so that we could have a bipartisan product, as opposed to another confrontation that would go way past October 1 of this year, and we would be back in the position of having to have a continuing resolution on which there would be a confrontation and the threat of shutting down government. {time} 1230 Obviously, to the extent that we can, as I suggested with respect to the Consumer Financial Protection Board, to the extent that we can have bipartisan agreement--the gentleman that was just with me was Senator McConnell. Noting the passage of the sustainable growth rate bill which dealt with community health centers and dealt with the children's health insurance program, Senator McConnell said: The American people expect us to do work. He used the SGR example as a way that we did work in a constructive, bipartisan fashion, making compromises on both sides of the aisle, with Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi representing the two parties, came together and worked, and my staff and I think your staff participated as well, and we came to an agreement. I would hope that we would be able to do that with respect to the budget and appropriation process.…”