Political Quotes

“Is the connectivity to what China wants to get from the Chamber of Commerce. Remember, that is only one way they get this information. But the numerous instruments we carry around--BlackBerrys, iPhones, all these kinds of things, instruments we have at home--every one of those is a vehicle to find out what is going on in my life, your life, the life of the Chamber of Commerce. I cannot imagine how my Republican friends can follow this lead. I don't know who. We have had Republican leaders in the past, on security--they have all said do something about this. I would love to have a bipartisan bill to work through this with some amendments. I do not expect anyone to think the bill Senator Lieberman and Senator Collins did is perfect. But it is a lot better than nothing. I hope people, when we vote on this tomorrow, will invoke cloture and pass their bill. I had no choice but to file cloture. I am going to continue to work with all Senators to find out if we can reach a compromise. I wish I had better news. Ignorance is bliss. I wish I did not know as much. I wish the briefings I had down in the classified area of the Capitol--a lot of that information is kind of scary. It is scary that we are not doing something about this bill. Would the Chair announce the business of the day? Reservation of Leader Time The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader's time is reserved.…”