Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am here to briefly talk on S. 754, the cyber security bill. Yesterday Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein and I came to the floor and encouraged our Members who had amendments or who had an interest in debating the bill to come to the floor. It was my hope that we could finish in a couple of days with the cooperation of Members. We have not gotten that level of cooperation. Therefore, this will take several more days to finish. But it doesn't lessen the importance for those Members who have amendments in the queue--meaning they are pending--to come to the floor and talk about their amendments if they would like to. At some point, we will culminate this process, and those amendments that have yet to be disposed of will have votes with a very limited amount of debate time included. It is my hope that we will have a wholesome debate and that people will have an opportunity to know what is in this bill if they don't today. But more importantly, through that debate we are able to share with the American people why a cyber security bill is so important and, more importantly, why we have done it in a way that we think it will be embraced and endorsed by not just corporate America but by individuals throughout the country. Let me announce today that this bill will be done either Monday evening or Tuesday morning based upon what the leadership on both sides can agree to as it relates to the debate.…”