Political Quotes

“I say, respectfully, to the majority leader, with whom I served in the House in a leadership position there and now in a leadership position here, that we know you have the right to bring this up. But, also, I, the Senator from Nevada, did not work out these rules. These rules were worked out many years ago. It started with the Constitution and the Senate rules that are in existence. I did not draw them up. I am just playing by the rules. The majority leader knew--or should have known, as we say in the law--that this would happen. You are--and I do not mean 'you' in the pejorative sense--holding up the progress; we are not. We could move on and we could have this bill passed, the one now before the body, our defense appropriations bill. We could do foreign operations. This should have all been done. But there is going to be a lot more delay, I say to my friends, the majority and minority leaders. We have certain rights, and we have an obligation to protect those.”