Political Quotes

“I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Defense Authorization Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I rise to once again urge the majority leader of the Senate to bring to the floor for debate one of the most important pieces of legislation that comes before this body each year; that is, the national defense authorization bill. On several occasions I have approached the majority leader and asked him to consider this legislation which, for the last 50 years, this body has taken up, debated, amended, passed, conferenced with the House of Representatives, and sent to the President for the President's signature. Last week, the majority leader, the Senator from Nevada, stated that Senate consideration of a controversial and flawed bill on cybersecurity--a bill that has not been considered in the regular order--is more important and of a higher national security priority than the Defense authorization bill. I respectfully but vehemently disagree with that statement. According to the majority leader, ``We're going to have to get to cybersecurity before we get to the defense authorization bill because on the relative merits, cybersecurity is more important.'' Let me repeat this.…”