Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we will have the judge vote on Monday when we come back; we will have the filing deadline that afternoon at 3 o'clock on the small business jobs bill; that Tuesday we will come in immediately and have no more business, and begin debate on that matter, the small business matter; and the first vote that day would be the cloture vote on the Johanns amendment. Mr. President, first of all, I express my appreciation to the Presiding Officer. We appreciate his being here. This has been a long day. And for those who may not know this, next Tuesday the Presiding Officer's wife is going to have their baby, and she is anxious for him to get home. I am sorry it took so long for us to finish today. I appreciate, as I always do, the extremely fine work of all of the staff. We are here and we talk, and people on C-SPAN see us. But we are instruments of our staff. They work very hard to make sure that everything works out very well. I am very proud of the staff, Democrats and Republicans. They work so well together. They set an example for the rest of the Senate, frankly. So I appreciate all of their good work. ____________________”