Political Quotes

“Democrats are ready to move forward and vote on an amended S. Res. 380, the bipartisan Graham-Casey-Lieberman legislation. This amendment would put the Senate on record, along with President Obama, ruling out a policy of containment on Iran. Yet Republicans have objected again. We cannot afford to delay these sanctions and slow them down any longer. On May 23 there is a round of international negotiations taking place with the Iranians on subjects related to this resolution we have. Democrats are ready to move forward. We are ready to pass both the Iran sanctions bill and the containment resolution now--not later, now. We cannot afford any more delays. Sanctions are a key tool in our work to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, threatening Israel, and jeopardizing the national security of the United States. I am to the end of my patience. I usually never raise my voice with a Senator. I apologize to my friend from Arizona. I did a few minutes ago. The conversation was between him and me. But I am really upset about this. I feel that I have been jerked around--that is a pretty good understanding of the language people have--because we can never quite get there. The Republicans have kept us from moving forward on this for 2 months. We should have done what Shelby and Johnson told us to do. So I hope something will happen on this in the near future, but I have to be honest with you, I do not have much faith that it will. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”