Political Quotes

“Mr. President, if I might, I say to the Senator, we will work with you and look at the intent, and it is the intent. I would also just in passing indicate that hopefully we will have an opportunity, as we come to a universe of amendments, as we did last year, to have the Senator's previous amendment that he talked about, which is also one that I support. So as we work through this, again, what we need to do is what we did last time: to come up with a universe--it can be large or small--and in the interest of time make sure a variety of Senators have the opportunity to offer different amendments as well--not just one or two Senators but that a number of Senators have the opportunity to--and hopefully Members will be willing to come together and put together a list that includes Senator Landrieu's flood insurance amendment, which is absolutely critical. We have other amendments. Senator Grassley has an amendment we have been working on to pair with Senator Landrieu's that we would like very much to put together. I would be very interested in including Senator Coburn's amendment No. 1003, which he talked about previously, because I think it makes sense. So right now we are at a point where we just have to get people positively working together on a list that we can move through together. But the good news is, I say to Senator Coburn, the one you are speaking about, I believe, is as you had offered it last time. But we will be happy to work with the Senator.…”