Political Quotes

“every morning I go out to do my exercise. This morning I started out the door and there was a crash of thunder and lightning, so I decided to do my exercise inside. When I got into the gym, I could watch TV and I could see these storms in another part of the country--really violent storms. When I got back to my house, my wife indicated that Senator Schumer called. They were stuck on the tarmac in New York, so I knew at that time we were going to have some problems here with scheduling. Following leader remarks this morning, there will be a period of morning business for 1 hour, with Republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 3606, the capital formation bill. The filing deadline for all second-degree amendments to the Reid substitute and the Cantwell amendment is 11 o'clock today. Order of Procedure The reason I am mentioning the storm situation is the votes we had scheduled for 11:30 today are going to have to be moved to this afternoon, because we have a number of people who can't be here, through no fault of their own. So I ask unanimous consent that the cloture votes that are currently scheduled to occur at 11:30 now begin at 4 p.m.…”