Political Quotes

“I have the deepest respect, without any question, for the Senator from Tennessee, who is my friend, and, of course, Senator Feinstein is already legendary as a figure in Democratic politics and politics of this country. But I have some reservation, for lack of a better description, about my friend, the senior Senator from Tennessee talking about the appropriations process. I was on the Appropriations Committee from the first day I came to the Senate, and I loved my service on the Appropriations Committee. For the last 8 years under President Obama, the Republicans have done everything they could--I am trying to find a pleasant word--to mess up the appropriations process--everything. For those who understand the Senate, everyone should know we didn't ask that there be cloture on a motion to proceed. We are as cooperative as we can be on everything we have done during the time we have been in the minority, which is more than a year now. I would suggest to my friend that cloture will not be invoked on this bill in 2 or 3 minutes. If there is some proposal that the Republicans want to come back with that is reasonable and doesn't have a poison pill in it, fine; we are willing to move forward on this. For someone to give me the statement ``Well, you know, it is germane''--the world is germane on this bill. I did this bill for 15 years. I did it. I know what is in this bill. Just about everything is germane.…”