Political Quotes

“The answer is pretty simple there too: We have spent the last many weeks working through procedural matters on bills the Republicans have held up. We are now in a cloture situation. I spoke to Senator Levin last night about that. He is the chairman of that committee. I have spoken to John McCain several times on this matter. I know how important they feel this legislation is, and I think it is important also. But we can only do what we have to do. One of the things I have an obligation for our country to get to is cybersecurity. I was asked to visit with General Petraeus. I did that a day or two ago. And we don't have to have a briefing by General Petraeus to understand how important it is to do something about cybersecurity. There are people out there making threats on this country every day, and we have been fortunate in being able to stop a number of them. So we are going to have to get to cybersecurity before we get to the Defense authorization bill because on the relative merits of the two, cybersecurity is more important. They are both important, but I believe that one is more important than the other. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, it is pretty obvious that the reason the Senate is so inactive is because the majority leader doesn't want to take up any serious bills that are important to the future of the country. He mentioned cybersecurity. Why isn't it on the floor? Defense authorization: Why isn't it on the floor? Appropriations bills: Why don't we call them up?…”