Political Quotes

“Madam President, for the information of our colleagues, I want to bring everyone up to date on where we are. For the past few days, the leadership on both sides of the aisle, as well as the bill managers on both sides of the aisle, have been working diligently, night and day, to try to get agreement to consider debate and to have votes on a series of amendments offered by Senators on both sides of the aisle. Obviously, in order for that to occur, we would need the cooperation of all Members; and we would need to have time agreements because the number of amendments is considerable. Regrettably, I have to inform my colleagues that there have been objections on both sides of the aisle that impede our work going forward. So, at this point, unless these objections are withdrawn, it is going to be very difficult to have the robust amendment process that many of us--most of us--want to have. And I just wanted to let my colleagues know where we stand. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alabama.”