Political Quotes

“He objects. Is it not wonderful? If you want something, they object. We want something--``we object.'' It is rather interesting around here. What the Senator fails to tell us in his eloquent remarks, his Ph.D. philosophy here, and verbiage--and I am just a country boy from Yellow Creek trying to explain my position and I will do the best I can--what the Senator does not tell those who are watching on C-SPAN--and we had a big story on C-SPAN junkies today; he speaks to them--is that what the Republicans are trying to do is to have all this in one package. You have absolutely locked the minority out, and they cannot amend any one of those three items that you have talked about today. It is called the Dole gag order. The Dole gag order. Let me quote what the distinguished Senator said, I guess back in 1993--we all go back to those--when he was frustrated. But he was wrong in his frustration. He says, ``But as the distinguished chairman knows''--talking about the distinguished Senator from West Virginia-- ``we also have rights.'' You said that--excuse me--the Senator said that. I want to be careful not to use improper language. One of the rights we have is to refuse to participate in a situation which we believe, though it is totally fair and totally within the rules, creates a playing field on which we believe that we are not capable of getting a fair contest underway. That is the language of the Senator from Texas. At that time he had the ability to offer four amendments.…”