Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his focus on that issue because we agree, of course, that that is a serious and volatile matter with which we need to deal in a hopefully effective way. Two items, one that the gentleman mentioned. We just passed a continuing resolution, as the gentleman noted. And pursuant to our discussions, Democrats and Republicans both overwhelmingly voted for that, and it passed handily. I don't know whether the gentleman heard my remarks on the floor, but what I had indicated is--and I have indicated to him privately--that we Democrats are in a position of not supporting an additional continuing resolution. In my discussions with Mrs. Lowey, our ranking member on the Appropriations Committee, she believes that there is a possibility to get an agreement between the two parties, but it appears that the committees themselves have reached a point where they think they will need additional assistance from leadership, I presume, on both sides of the aisle to resolve some of the thorniest issues that are still outstanding. I want to thank the majority leader and the Speaker. In our discussions yesterday on the floor in private--they weren't, I don't think, private discussions because there were other people around.…”