Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank you for the correction. I appreciate my colleague's statement about his general support--I assume he meant for getting rid of secret holds, and he can correct me if I am wrong--his general support for changing this process and getting things done. I will say that when we are in this time of economic challenge, no matter what the motives, I really do not care what is in the heads of my colleagues when they put on the holds. I do not even want to go there. What I care about is getting things done in the government when we have so many people unemployed, when we clearly have to move ahead and do more about small business and exports. All I know is this: If we want to talk about the difference, at this point, 107 Obama nominees are on hold and being obstructed. At the same time--whether it was because not enough were nominated, I do not really care--at this same point, Bush nominees waiting for a vote--there were eight. My bigger answer to this is, who cares about who did it or who did what when. What matters to me is that we move ahead and get going.…”