Political Quotes

“I would just observe--and there may be others who wish to speak in the very short time we have--I would just observe that we have a bill before us that gives the administration what they have been requesting, that gives our friends on the Democratic side of the aisle what they have asked for time and time again, saying that the Senate should act. We have an opportunity to do that today and to leave here with a victory for health care and a victory for the American people. Yet, if we do not act--and it appears we will not because Democrats will come in and object and not get the 60 votes--then it is going to be a month and a half to 2 months before we can provide the funding for this vital disease-prevention legislation. So I would just say that I would call on my colleagues, here at the eleventh hour, to reconsider their position. Let's go out for the conventions on a positive note and give the American people the funding the experts in our government tell us is necessary. I yield the floor to the Senator from Wyoming and thank him for yielding the time.”