Political Quotes

“Yes, I say to Senator Merkley, you are absolutely right. I am just going to close by saying that the thing we have--and I said this in the beginning. The thing we have worked on and tried to achieve is to make sure that when we crafted changes to the rules--motion to proceed, talking filibuster, how we allow each side to have amendments--we have always said we could live with them if we were in the minority. We have been in the minority now for almost a year. In a couple of months it will be a year. We came out right at the beginning of the Congress and talked about our rules again. We proposed the same rules in the majority. We want to be fair to both sides, but what is more important isn't that fairness; it is the fairness to the American people to get their democracy back again so it works. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). The Senator from Colorado. Aurora, Colorado, Veterans Hospital”