Political Quotes

“I appreciate the Senator's being candid with me because I think we are making a mistake. One week, we will not apply the rules to the House and the next week we apply the rules to the House. Something has to be consistent. One was not a very important amendment. This one is. So I hope that in the discussion with the Senators, between now and maybe working out something on this amendment in the morning, I understand, I hope Senators will look at the whole aspect of saying to the House 'You must comply with the rules that we pass.' I am not sure that that is right. I might say to the Senator, with all respect, that I think we are going to have to start being consistent, regardless of what bills we are on, and we will have to say that these rules passed on the Senate do not apply to the House unless the House wants to do that. So, at some point, if there is not an agreement to the imposition of our rules on the House, we will offer an amendment that will take the application of this legislation to the House.”