Political Quotes

“this is the eighth motion to recommit that our friends across the aisle have offered. Each one of these would actually have the effect of ending this process and prohibiting this bill from being passed, and that is the reason they keep offering them. I just want to point out there is nothing in this reconciliation bill about Presidential aircraft, the current one or any future ones. Our colleagues have worked on the specifics, and I know my friend from Connecticut knows this because he is a senior member of the committee. We have specifically outlined every purpose for which the $150 billion is to be used by the administration. And not only that, I have received an assurance from every witness we have who has come before the committee to become a member of this administration that they will follow our directions, without exception. So given the fact that there is no funding in this bill for any Presidential aircraft and that the Department of Defense portion of this reconciliation is accompanied by specific language as to where it should be spent, I ask for another ``no'' vote on these dilatory motions to commit.”