Political Quotes

“If I could just say this, the other problem we have is we do not want to have to go through this twice. Under the procedures of the Senate, when we just have a Senate bill, we are limited very much because points of order will be raised on most everything we do relative to amendments. I ask the distinguished majority leader to understand we do not need to go through this twice because when the bill comes back over from the House, we do not need to go through the same amendment procedure again. I am not sure we gain anything by trying to complete this by next week. We would be well served to see what the House gives us and work through that. That way there can be amendments that can be offered without points of order being issued to those. Otherwise, we are stuck offering amendments, points of order, then coming back with the House bill and doing the same thing again.”