Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, Senator Daschle agreed that we would work today and tomorrow, when all of a sudden we learned toward the middle of last week that the schedule this week was going to be interrupted by 30 hours talking about four judges. We were dumbfounded. We thought the report we first got had been mistaken, that they had made it up. But we came to the realization that it is true. The majority leader made a deal with somebody that they could spend 30 hours talking about these four judges. So then we agreed to go to Agriculture, which we figured we would do that. We could have finished that more quickly than we did, but some of the Members were pretty upset. They were going to have to work Monday and Tuesday, when they had lots of things to do at home. Then when it came time for the schedule today and tomorrow, it is so vague. It is obvious they are doing things to protect people over here and not telling us who they are protecting and why. This isn't some big cabal to take over the Senate, but it is a cabal of one to make sure people understand around here that if the Senate is going to be productive, it takes both Democrats and Republicans to be productive. We have set an exemplary record, as the history books will recount, of being very productive this year. We have allowed the production to go forward because we thought it was in the best interest of the country.”