Political Quotes

“I am going to use the leader time, not the 5 minutes we were allocated. Madam President, we have all heard of reverse engineering. What we just heard is reverse reasoning. This is one of the most interesting things I have heard--that makes no sense. We have been trying to get on this bill for weeks. The Republicans have refused to allow us to get on the bill. The student loan issue is important. We should have already completed this--had we been allowed to get on the bill--but we were not allowed to get on the bill. We were faced with one of our many filibusters-- scores of them. Not one, two, three or four, scores of them. This is another example of them stopping us from legislating on a bill. Now to come here and say we could have been doing something--my friend knows the rules of this Senate as well as I do. He knows his suggestion is absurd. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Amendment No. 2153 Mr. McCONNELL. On behalf of Senator Alexander I call up amendment No. 2153. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. Alexander, for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Heller, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Roberts, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Rubio, and Ms. Ayotte, proposes an amendment numbered 2153.…”