Political Quotes

“we have made a lot of progress on this legislation. We are down to 10 or 11 amendments. We are going to come in tomorrow and finish this bill. We are going to try to get permission--I understand we can--to have a cloture vote tomorrow. We have to figure out where we are going on flood insurance. It is obvious, with all the problems we are having with flood insurance, we are not going to finish that tomorrow or the next day; but we have to work toward completing that as quickly as we can next week. Remember, the program expires at the end of the month--and the end of the month is coming very quickly. We have two voice votes, but this will be the last recorded vote. We will come in tomorrow and work through these. We will have the staff work with the requests people have for time on the floor and other things that need to be done. We don't know exactly what time we are coming in tomorrow or what time the votes will start, but as soon as we can. There will be votes all through the lunch hour. Everybody should understand that. We hope to be able to finish by 3 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. Amendment No. 2340 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia is recognized.”