Political Quotes

“Madam President, we have been trying now for many hours to get a consent agreement to let us move forward on some of these amendments, important amendments--some not so important but amendments. I do not know if we will ever arrive at that now, so I think it would be in the best interests of the body, both Democrats and Republicans, to go ahead and have the cloture vote. There is a commitment made by the chair of the Banking Committee-- and, of course, the Agriculture Committee, but most of the concern right now is with the matters dealing with the Banking Committee jurisdiction--that both the chairman and ranking member will continue. We know what the consent agreement is. We will try to work through all that. I think that is the best way to do it. We have the word of the two managers that is what they will do. I think that when we get this cloture out of the way, the Republican leader already told me yesterday he wanted to use some time postcloture. We might have some people who will want to talk a little postcloture, and we will continue working. We have really worked hard together. I think there has been a show of bipartisanship in this bill. We disagree on a number of very important issues, but that doesn't mean we cannot work together, and we have shown that is possible. I ask that we move to the cloture vote. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.…”