Political Quotes

“I don't know why everything we do has to be a fight--not a disagreement, a fight. This bill was brought up on February 7, and we have been spending the better part of a month dealing with contraception--by the way, an amendment I had to offer because they wouldn't bring it up so we could vote on it. My math says this agreement that has been suggested by the Republican leader calls for 34 amendments. I understand and I appreciate that some of them are related to what is in this bill--some of them are. As I indicated earlier, we have been dealing with contraception. There are amendments dealing with clean water standards and clean air standards. Nothing in this bill should deal with America having to breathe more mercury, more lead, and then, just for good measure, how about some arsenic? That has nothing to do with the highway bill. As I said before, the amendment I looked at from my friend from Louisiana calls for drilling for oil anyplace there is water. Next they will be going to Lake Mead outside Las Vegas. We are producing more domestic oil now than in decades. The President has opened areas in Alaska that have never been opened before. Why can't we just invoke cloture on this bill and move forward on it? It is not easy to get to conference--we know that--but we could go to conference. The House is doing its best to come up with a bill. They are struggling hard.…”