Political Quotes

“we haven't made as much progress on the Transportation bill as I had wished, but we are making progress. This is what happens with these complicated bills on occasion. Tomorrow night people should expect votes into the night. It will not be an early evening tomorrow. We have a lot to do on this bill. I have spoken to the distinguished Republican leader. Senator McConnell said they will have an alternative to the Mexican truck measure offered by Senator Dorgan. Hopefully, sometime in the morning we can get those teed up for a vote. We also have been told by Senator Coburn that he has a number of amendments he wishes to offer. He said he would be here at 10:30 in the morning to begin offering those amendments. I have found Senator Coburn in the past doesn't need to talk very long, doesn't want to talk very long. I am sure that will be the case with this bill. I am glad he is coming over in the morning at 10:30. If others have amendments to offer, they should do so. It is my understanding Senator Coburn has a number of amendments. If that is the case and we can't stack these votes, what we will do is, the first vote could come as early as 11 o'clock or thereabouts tomorrow. We have a lot to do. The fiscal year is coming to a close, and we have a number of must-do issues. We will work on those. I have spoken today, as I indicated, to the distinguished Republican leader about how we would proceed next week on Iraq matters.”