Political Quotes

“The reason that is very awkward is because we have Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Rice coming here, and to have a knock- down, drag-out debate on this at this time doesn't seem to be very good for the body because it is reported that the President is on the way back from Iraq. I think we should go ahead with that schedule, which was to vitiate this vote, but we got wound up somehow in recess appointments the majority leader and I have never talked about. As I said to the floor and to the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, he has not spoken to anybody about a recess appointment. I ask the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from West Virginia: Do we go ahead with the schedule as we have it laid out, that at 2:30 p.m. we start the vote on Stickler, and those who want to be here for the debate on Stickler could do that, and those who want to go to the Rice-Rumsfeld hearing can do that?”