Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I deliver comments on a bill that I am introducing, let me express my disappointment that the Senate will not be voting today on the amendment that Senator Jones and I have filed to eliminate the military widow's tax. This is a tremendous inequity, as is recognized by the fact that 75 of our colleagues have cosponsored our freestanding bill. Nevertheless, I am heartened by the commitment and the compassion of the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, Senator Inhofe, who has indicated his receptivity to dealing with this issue but in a different way on a different bill. I hope that today is just a temporary setback and that we can see this bill taken up as a freestanding bill by the entire Senate. Mr. President, I send a bill to the desk and ask that it be appropriately referred. The PRESIDING OFFICER. It will be received and appropriately referred. (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 2018 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')”