Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator for his statement. I believe with all of us working together--our chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Cardin, and others, as well as the Presiding Officer, who is also on the Foreign Relations Committee with us--we can come to a resolution which complies with what the President has stated. The President says he has no intention of sending ground forces into Libya. But it is important at this point in time, as the Senator from Illinois pointed out and as the Constitution mandates, that we step in and express the will of the American people on this issue. That is the whole purpose of what I am on the floor for today, and I look forward to working very closely with the Senator from Illinois. With that, I note the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Indiana.”