Political Quotes

“before I go further, I want the Senator from Washington and the Senator from Maine to hear what I am saying; that is, I wish to process amendments. We are going to do one in the morning, which has held up things for some time. There are other amendments pending. We are going to be voting on those. I have no problem with that. This is a piece of legislation we should pass. I heard the ranking member speak on the floor yesterday, but I was so impressed because she said what is true. This is what we are, legislators. When we pass this, everyone knows what the number is if we pass it. We go to conference. What happens in conference? The numbers change. This is the way things should happen around here. I would hope we don't have these lines drawn in the sand and we can start being appropriators again. When I came here many years ago, I was so fortunate, only two freshmen were on the Appropriations Committee. I was on it and also Senator Mikulski. I loved that committee all these years. It was so much fun. It hasn't been much fun lately because we haven't had an Appropriations Committee that has been functioning decently. Senator Mikulski and Senator Shelby are legislators. They wish to do legislation as the two managers of this bill do. I would hope we could move forward. I have no problem with the Coburn amendments and Paul amendment. Let's vote on them and move on. The time has come when we have to try to get it passed. The week is coming to a close.…”