Political Quotes

“I was reminded this morning as I came to the floor about an old standard political joke. When I looked at my papers I had here, my outline of what I was going to say, I was missing a page. That is what the Republican leader and I were joking about here this morning. That is why he went first, because I didn't have my speech. The old political joke, as we have all heard many times--this politician was giving a speech and he is flipping through his pages and he is in the midst of giving it. After he gets wound up in his speech, he is going through the speech and he is waving his hands and shouting and he comes to the third or fourth page of his speech and it says: ``You are on your own, you SOB.'' His speechwriter had had enough of him. But that is not what happened here today. Phoebe prepared the speech for me and I left a part of it in my office. I am pleased to say Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement to advance the highway bill that has been before this body for a month. It is a bipartisan bill. As I have said here over this past month, this is a piece of legislation that was prepared the way legislation should be prepared. A very conservative Member, Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma, and a very liberal Member, Barbara Boxer, managed this bill. They have worked very hard. Just a little side note; as we were struggling, trying to come up with these amendments, I was happy to hear from Barbara Boxer.…”