Political Quotes

“following leader remarks, the time until 11 this morning will be equally divided and controlled. At 11 o'clock a.m., we will begin up to 10 rollcall votes. We will complete the farm bill today in the early afternoon. We also hope to have a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the flood insurance bill today. Working Together Mr. President, we come here and lament all the bad things happening in the Senate. It is not out of order once in a while to talk about some of the good things happening in the Senate. I think we should look at it as if, as difficult as it has been to get things done, we are making progress. We had that postal bill, which was good work on behalf of the Senate. The highway bill worked out extremely well. We have this 5-year farm bill--very difficult, but it is now near passing, which is good for the country. We have to make sure before the end of the month we finish our work on the Flood Insurance Program, which is so extremely important to the country. With the construction picking up a little bit everyplace, we have to make sure when a loan is to close it can be closed. Thousands of them each day cannot be closed unless we do a renewal of the Flood Insurance Program. I had a meeting with the Speaker on Tuesday, with Senator Boxer, chairman of the committee, Chairman Mica, her counterpart in the House, and Senator Inhofe, and we are making progress on the highway bill. I feel good about that. Whether we get it done remains to be seen.…”