Political Quotes

“I have to say, it is a shame that we cannot pass this commonsense fix, S. 2230, because the Republicans want to weigh it down with unrelated measures that they voted to support. I appreciate my colleague from Indiana, and I hope we can work together, because I know he supports S. 2230, to try to get this passed and fix this. This is something that--my understanding is--many Republicans, along with Democrats, did not even know was part of that process. And now I hope we can. But I hope it doesn't get caught in this constant churn now that Republicans, when they vote for a bill, they are trying to undo some of those votes because of things they didn't like in the bill. If they didn't like it, they should have voted against the bill. It really is doing a disservice to so many across the country. It is not just a unique thing for Nevada. This is gaming. Gaming exists across the country, almost in every State. There are so many people who are going to be impacted by this, and it just does not make sense. This is a Republican piece of legislation that is actually causing people to pay taxes on money they lost. It makes no sense. That is all this is. It is trying to fix it and put us back to the status quo. I will say this--and, again, I really appreciate my colleague from Indiana, but the Byrd process is not partisan. It is a Senate process we have. It is a bipartisan process. Democrats have used it in the past. Republicans have used it in the past.”