Political Quotes

“we have been nearly 5 full days on a bill that is very similar to a bill that was passed in less than 5 minutes 2 years ago. Most of the amendments that have been proposed to this bill, and almost all of the debate that has occurred in that 5-day period has had nothing to do with the bill. That has, of course, been true of the discussion this morning. I recognize that the rules of the Senate are such that any Senator can talk for as long as he or she wishes at any time on any subject, and that any Senator can offer an amendment at any time, even though it has nothing to do with the subject. But I cannot recall in my 14 years in the Senate and my more than 5 years as majority leader an occasion in which the debate and the amendments have, in the aggregate, had so little to do with the subject. There has been very little discussion over the past 5 days about this bill, about what this bill is trying to do, and the debate has ranged over a whole range of issues that have nothing to do with the bill.”