Political Quotes

“this is a very important piece of legislation done in the right way. Senators Harkin and Enzi have done something in the way we always used to do things: They moved a bill out of committee to the Senate floor, truly a bipartisan bill, so important to our country, the FDA bill--Food and Drug Administration. Senator Enzi has always been very focused on when we bring something to the floor, it must have the committee mark on it--and this bill does. The reason I move to the bill today the way I have is to line this up for filing cloture on Thursday. I hope we don't have to file cloture, we move to proceed to it. Why don't we get on the bill? If we can get on the bill, we can start on it Monday, we can start offering amendments, and get this moving along. I have talked to Senator Enzi, I have talked to Senator Harkin. We had good luck on the highway bill. We had good luck also on the postal bill with relevant amendments. This is a very important piece of legislation. I hope we can move to this without having to file cloture. If I have to file cloture, I will have to file cloture, but I sure hope not. I admire the cooperation and the working together of Senators Harkin and Enzi. ____________________”