Political Quotes

“Mr. President, that is the pending amendment. We have other amendments that have been filed, properly filed, and we are hoping to have additional votes this afternoon. What we hope to do is complete this bill this afternoon. We have a number of issues that I think are being resolved in meetings off the floor. It is now 3 o'clock, and I know the majority leader would very much like to complete this bill. This is the fifth day we have been on the floor trying to pass an FAA reauthorization bill that should have been passed 11 times previously but was extended 11 successive times. This deals with commercial aviation safety, airport improvement, infrastructure improvement, a passengers' bill of rights, so many very important things. Some have said: Well, this will not get done this year either. But after 5 days on the floor of the Senate, I remain with some hope that we can get this done if we could get a bit of cooperation from our colleagues who have amendments to come over and offer them and we will have votes on them and the Senate will make decisions and we will have a final vote on this bill. This bill should not be controversial. It is bipartisan. It came out of the Commerce Committee with support from Republicans and Democrats, so we ought not have controversy on the floor of the Senate about when we will get this bill completed.…”