Political Quotes

“Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that the time be equally charged against both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Minority Leader The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader is recognized. Small Business Lending Fund Act Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, Republicans today will continue to look for a way forward on the small business bill. This is an opportunity to deliver some real relief to small businesses struggling to dig themselves out of the recession. Ultimately, Democrats seem to have other priorities. In the middle of a debt crisis, Democrats cannot seem to pass trillion-dollar spending bills fast enough. In the middle of a jobs crisis, they continue to push one bill after another containing job-stifling taxes, new rules and regulations, and government intrusion into business. Their signature piece of jobs legislation appears to be a bill that borrows $34 billion from our grandchildren to help folks who cannot find a job in the environment Democrats have created over the last year and a half. This small business bill gives us an opportunity to have a real jobs debate.…”