Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I can remember as a boy we moved from Searchlight, and my dad got a job in Henderson, where I was going to high school, and we rented a home there. We had a TV set, the first TV set. I can remember way back then my mother watching a program called ``As The World Turns.'' It was a soap opera. I had never watched it on purpose but passing by, I guess. She watched that anytime she could, anytime she had a TV set. My wife as a young woman, a young mother, to get away from the chores of taking care of those children of ours, would watch ``As The World Turns.'' This soap opera went from my mother, to my wife. That show is still going on, ``As The World Turns.'' This soap opera is never going to end, I guess. I want everyone in the Senate to know that the negotiations we hear so much about are never going to end. We have to get on this bill. My friends on the other side of the aisle should understand, we have negotiated in good faith and we have tried and we have to get to this bill. Negotiations are similar to ``As The World Turns.'' Similar to a soap opera, they are never going to end, until we get on this bill. I would say to my friends, let's get on this bill because we are going to continue having rollcall votes on this matter as long as it takes. I am happy when we get on the bill. I have told everybody, on numerous occasions, publicly and privately, on 90 percent of issues brought to this floor we have had open debate.…”