Political Quotes

“this afternoon we have been trying to move forward on the WRDA bill--the Water Resources Development Act--and significant progress has been made. One of the issues we are trying to work out is an issue dealing with Senator Landrieu. She has been, more than anyone else in the Senate, concerned about what happens when places flood, and she has every reason to feel this way because of what happens in Louisiana with flooding. She is concerned about flood insurance. I have worked with Senator Boxer, Senator Boxer's staff, I have worked with the Republicans, and it appears to me this is something that has made great progress today. The staff is going to work on this over the weekend. We will be here on Monday. I will file cloture in a few minutes, but if, in fact, cloture doesn't need to be voted on, we can always move forward without doing that. We can vitiate the cloture vote. So I hope the good work done by Senator Landrieu, her staff, and other staff members here--and Senator Landrieu has been here, as she is now. I don't mean this in a negative sense, but she is like a bulldog. Whenever she gets hold of something, it is hard to get her to loosen that jaw. She has been here all afternoon working on this, so I hope something can be worked out during the next 48 hours on this matter. Cloture Motion I have a cloture motion at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore.…”