Political Quotes

“we have worked very hard to move through this first tranche of appropriations bills we have. Progress is being made but not nearly enough progress. I am going to move in just a minute to the Bryson nomination. But I want everyone within the sound of my voice to understand this cannot go on forever. People sometimes are unreasonable. We cannot have votes on all these amendments that have been called up. I hope everyone understands there has to be some give-and-take here, and we need to move through this. They need to be cooperative with the staffs, because when this matter regarding the Secretary of Commerce nomination is finished, we are going to have to make a decision as to whether we can continue working on this appropriations bill. This was a noble experiment. I am part of it. I want it to work very much, but it can't work without the cooperation of all Senators. I say to everyone listening, this is the way it has always been. I was a member of the Appropriations Committee the first day I came to the Senate, and I managed many appropriations bills on the Senate floor. For every one of them, we had more amendments than we had time to vote on them. That is where we are today. But the only way we can finish them is to work through these amendments.…”