Political Quotes

“Thank you, Senator Lee. Senator Lee, first, I want the thank you for putting forth amendments, many of which I would like to vote for. I also want to thank you for not having the proviso that all of these amendments must be voted for without yielding any time. But, Senator Lee, you mentioned about how the Senate works. I have only been here for 9 years. You have been here longer than me. But I thought it was custom, whether Democrats were in control or Republicans were in control, that when we reached a point to where we are on the bill, that a part of the process was making good-faith offers of amendments, like you have, and then the majority, which actually controls what we take up on the floor, would then look for at least some concession on time. But I understand that we have some Members who have said that no matter what, they would not be conceding any time. So just to be fair to the couple of dozen people watching C-SPAN and some of the people in the Gallery, I am just trying to understand whether or not it is clear that we have Members who said ``Under no circumstances would we negotiate any time,'' and it is, in fact, that intransigence that is making it less likely that any of the good bills that my colleagues have offered up in the Republican conference are going to get voted on? Is that your understanding?”