Political Quotes

“I renew my request. I would tell everyone--as my friend said, we will have the vote on Monday. We will keep the vote open, and if people are pressed on planes, I will work with the Republican leader and make sure that everyone is protected as much as possible. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the renewed request for Monday? Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, as my colleagues know, last night the House of Representatives approved a continuing resolution which includes critical funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. It has been reported that my friends on the other side of the aisle are committed to defeating this measure because the FEMA spending has been offset by a $1.5 billion reduction in the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. I would like to remind my colleagues that in 2009, before the change of leadership in the House, that body sent over a bill, H.R. 3435, to ``Make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program''--otherwise known as ``Cash-for-Clunkers.'' That bill provided an additional $2 billion, on top of an already appropriated $1 billion, for a program that did nothing to boost long-term car sales in this country. And how was the second appropriation to ``Cash-for-Clunkers'' paid for? You guessed it, unused funds from a Department of Energy loan guarantee program.…”