Political Quotes

“However, as a result of objections from the other side, the Senate now finds itself in the unfortunate position of having to run out the clock for the next several days rather than promptly considering and completing action on this important legislation. Let me remind my colleagues of the long road we have been down with this bill already. The previous Republican-controlled Congress failed to pass an intelligence authorization bill in fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007--2 years in a row. That is an unprecedented and unacceptable record for this body: prior to that, Congress had passed this bill every single year for 27 years, often with the bipartisan support of every Senator. As my colleagues know, the Intelligence authorization bill funds the operations of the 16 agencies of the U.S. intelligence community-- including the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the Defense Department--and all the critical work they do to keep Americans safe and fight the war on terror.”