Political Quotes

“I have no problem with the 19 rollcall votes. I do have a problem with 4 weeks. I do have a problem with 245 amendments. That is why I think we should have a process whereby people offer amendments, if they are relevant, to the farm bill. In the time we have spent debating this--and we only have 15 minutes before we take our usual weekly Tuesday break--we could have taken up at least one amendment. The people who offered this huge amendment, a big amendment, and we had it described, for me, it is a pretty easy deal. I have been here when this has been debated before. Most everyone who has been here has heard this debate on numerous occasions. So I am sure they will go back, Senators Dorgan and Grassley, and pick out their favorite statements they made before, and they will talk about it again. They do not want a lot of time on it. So we could dispose of this amendment very quickly, as we could most every other amendment on this bill. But as I say, my friend has made my case for me--245 amendments, 4 weeks.”