Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I say again through the Chair to my colleague and those Members of this body, we do not have to agree to 1 minute, but we want everyone to understand we have tried to be as fair as we can through this whole process. There are some who said: Why should we waste--there would be 43 minutes or 46 minutes. I think there are 23 amendments pending, so that would be 46 minutes. But we want to be fair. In recent years, we have agreed by unanimous consent to have 1 minute to explain the amendment and 1 minute to disagree with the amendment. I think that is the appropriate thing to do. We want to make sure everyone is treated fairly. But I alert everyone: The Chair is going to enforce--we are not waiting for the Parliamentarian--the Chair is going to enforce that to the letter of the law. Every time the Presiding Officer is here, there will be 1 minute--if this consent agreement is agreed to--there will be 1 minute to explain the amendment and 1 minute to disagree with the amendment. Mr. McCONNELL. Would my friend yield for an observation?”