Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there now be a time for debate only for a period of 20 minutes, with Senator Brownback being recognized for a period of up to 10 minutes and that I be recognized when he completes his statement. For the benefit of all Members, Senator McConnell and I are trying to work through some procedural issues we have here to give more definition to what we are doing. We are trying to work something out on food safety and on the Lew nomination. We don't have that done yet, but we have made progress. So we hope everyone will be patient and stay around so they will know what we are going to wind up doing. It is a delicate time here. Everyone has to be calm and cool. We have a lot to do in the next few weeks and we would like to be able to expedite some of this tonight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Kansas. Farewell to the Senate”