Political Quotes

“I say as sincerely as I can to my friend, who is my counterpart on the majority side, don't connect these two bills. We are aware and concerned about the problems in Florida and we will work to help. We have two Democratic Senators from Florida. We know how important that is. But to tie these two together is only making our work more difficult. We can finish this bill tomorrow. If the leadership on the Republican side decides they want to go to another supplemental even before, let us do that separately. We are going to do everything we can to take care of the people of Florida. But this is so important. I will not guarantee anything, but I think if the supplemental is tied to Homeland Security, we are not going to finish this tomorrow, and I think we will be lucky to finish it Wednesday morning. That is my observation. I am doing everything I can to work on this matter.”