Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object. I pride myself in being a very patient person, and I will continue to be patient now. But during this Congress, we have had to overcome so many procedural roadblocks--not one, not two, but scores. We are now over a hundred. This is in keeping with what has gone on this whole Congress. It is remarkable that we have been able to get as much done as we have, with all of the roadblocks that were thrown up. This is an important bill. I recognize that. It is basically to take care of our military personnel. To have this consent agreement, written in the language it is written in, changes how we have done legislation for a long time. We all know the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee has offered so many unrelated amendments to this bill. He is on record as having done so. His response to one dealing with transparency was: This is my only opportunity to do it. For anyone to suggest that the Secretary of Defense is somehow antimilitary--he is a person who supports the DREAM Act. I appreciate the manner in which the Republican leader offered this. He gave me plenty of warning. We don't have surprises between the two of us. I respectfully say this is changing the way we do business in the Senate, and I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture.…”