Political Quotes

“Mr. President, following my remarks and those of Senator McConnell, if any, the next hour will be divided and controlled between the two leaders. It will be equally divided. The majority will control the first half and the Republicans will control the final half. We are still working on trying to finish an agreement to the farm bill so we can move forward. It is disappointing we don't already have something, but hope is still here, and I hope we can get that done. It is a very important piece of legislation, but a few Senators are holding this up and that is too bad. I have agreed we can have some amendments. I had a nice colloquy on the floor yesterday with Senator Coburn, who is concerned about this bill and legislation generally. He indicated that he thought it was a good idea to have a number of amendments and start voting on them, so I hope we can get there. We can't do all 250 amendments that are out there, but we can do a lot of them, so let's see where we are. I hope we can get it done. We are on the flood insurance bill. We have to get to that. The flood insurance expires at the end of this month. We will continue to work on an agreement with the farm bill. I also hope to reconsider the failed cloture vote on the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte, to be an ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador. Votes are possible throughout today's session. Senators will be notified when they are scheduled. Would the Chair announce the business of the day.…”