Political Quotes

“we are going to go back to work immediately on H.R. 1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Yesterday, we reached an agreement on a number of amendments, and that was certainly done. After we completed the voting last night, the managers of the bill moved a number of other pieces of legislation. Senator McCain is going to offer the first amendment today. This will be the 14th amendment that is pending, and I think we need to dispose of all or part of these amendments before we start adding more amendments. We are happy that was the agreement made last night--for Senator McCain to offer his amendment. It is an important amendment, one that needs to be debated, and we look forward to that. However, I would tell Senators, I think we should dispose of some of these amendments before we start on any more after Senator McCain. There will be plenty of time to do that. Everyone has agreed to time agreements on these amendments, is what I am told, and I am confident that is right.”