Political Quotes

“it would seem to me that the Senator's concern should be directed toward Senator Paul, not me. It sounds to me he may vote against the Paul amendment from what I have heard. If he is that concerned about it, I think we should get it up, and if we want more time, we could have more time on it. But at this stage, no amendments would be called for, and I think we should vote on the Paul amendment. I think it is pretty clear as to what has gone on this past Congress. When the Republican leader says his No. 1 issue is to make sure Obama doesn't get reelected, I think that probably is what has held up this Congress from doing all kinds of things. Now, let me rewind. Since I have been the majority leader--which has been 6 years--we have had to try to overcome 380 Republican filibusters. This is two now. During the same period of time--6 years-- that Lyndon Johnson was President--and he was majority leader before he became President--he had to file cloture once. My friend from Arizona and I have served together now 30 years in the Congress. His agitation should not be directed toward me. They are the ones holding up hundreds of bills in the Energy Committee and basically everything we have tried to do because their No. 1 goal, if they follow their leader--and they have done a pretty good job doing that--has been to make sure the country is in such a shape that maybe they may get lucky and have Governor Romney elected.…”