Political Quotes

“Three hundred and eighty-two pages. Well, Mr. President, I have only talked about enough to take up two or three pages, but it is full of the same kind of stuff I have talked about today--stuff that is not fair and is mean-spirited. We all want to cut. I represent the State of Nevada. We are in a deep economic problem. We know, though, we have to cut things. The Presiding Officer is from the State of Connecticut. We are both members of the Democratic Party. We have supported these programs because it was the right thing to do. We recognize there is going to have to be cuts made, but we have to do it with a scalpel, not a meat cleaver. Then to hear that a Member of the House said: Well, I didn't know it was in the bill--eliminating and cutting drastically a program for people with emotional, mental, and physical challenges--I didn't know it was in the bill. Well, there is a lot of that same type of stuff in this bill, H.R. 1. That is why it is going to be defeated here. I would say to my friends, the Republicans, I can't imagine you will all vote for this bill. We have to move beyond partisan politics and do what is right. I don't know how many, but not all Republicans will vote for that. I have been castigated in the press: Why doesn't Reid allow a vote? Let's have a vote. Well, I am willing to move on that, but I couldn't do it. I had to file cloture to move to proceed to it. They wouldn't even let me do that.…”