Political Quotes

“Madam President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will turn to a period of morning business for an hour. Senators during that time will be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Republicans will control the first 30 minutes, the majority will control the final 30 minutes. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Yesterday cloture was invoked on the motion to proceed. Today we will continue to work with Senators on reaching an agreement to consider amendments so we may complete action on the bill this week. We are going to complete action on the bill. We may have to--if we have to use up all of the time, waste all of the time, these 30-hour provisions that are allowed under the Senate procedures, we are going to have to be here during the weekend. This is something we need to get done. Everyone should understand there is nothing to be gained by stalling this. It has been stalled for years, this piece of legislation. The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 3 p.m. today because we have another Democratic caucus. ____________________”