Political Quotes

“I respect, admire, and applaud Senators Cantwell and Manchin for the work they have done on this most important bill. We need to find a way forward on it. There are some in the House of Representatives and a few over here who have made this very difficult to do, and it is so important to the economic stability of our country. I met yesterday with the head of Boeing aircraft, and they have 800,000 jobs directly and indirectly connected to this--I shouldn't say ``to this.'' But it is a significant part of what they do and need to do to get their finances in order. It would be a shame if we weren't able to renew this. It expires at the end of September. September Work Schedule Before we finish our business and Senators return for the work period at home, I want everyone to know about what is going to happen when we come back. Following the August recess, when we convene on September 8, we will be here for 1 week, 2 weeks, and 2 days. That is it. September 23 is our target date to adjourn until after the election. I hope we can do that. This leaves us little more than 2 weeks and 2 days. That is not a lot of time for the workload we have to do. We need to pass appropriations measures to keep the government from shutting down. We need to pass a temporary extension to the Internet Tax Freedom Act. We need to do something about the items I just mentioned about the Ex-Im Bank.…”