Political Quotes

“Sure. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I am not against the Rand Paul amendment being voted on by the Senate. I do object to an hour equally divided. I object to the fact that we do not have either side-by-side or second- degree amendments, which is the normal parliamentary procedure. Since the majority leader had to inject the ``No. 1 objective is defeat Barack Obama'' routine again, I would like to point out this is the least productive Congress since 1947; that for the first time in 51 years we are not taking up the Defense authorization bill; for the first time in 51 years, when we are fighting a war in Afghanistan, that we can't find the time in the Senate to take up the bill that is so important to the security of this Nation. So the majority leader shouldn't be proud of his record, as he mentioned, including the fact that this Congress is the least productive since 1947. But most of all, in 50 years--in 50 years--we have not taken up the Defense authorization bill that we have taken up for 50 years because other majority leaders who set the calendar have understood its importance to the men and women who are serving in the military and our national security. I again urge that instead of this back-and-forth and mutual objections and nothing getting done around here--I know and the majority leader knows we could take up the Defense authorization bill and get it done in a matter of a few days, and we could have since June.…”