Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the Senate will not be in session tomorrow due to the winter storm that has battered our area again, the Washington, DC area. Despite the storm, we are going to make progress on the JOBS bill. I had a good conversation earlier today with the Republican leader, Senator Grassley, Senator Baucus, and others. We will continue to work with everyone on an agreement to move forward with this matter and Senators will reschedule any votes. I doubt seriously there will be any votes this week. It appears, from what I have been able to hear, people now cannot get planes to get here and they are having trouble getting planes to get out of here, so it has made for a very difficult situation. We will keep them informed as to what our schedule will be Monday next. For the information of Democratic Senators, we are going to have a caucus on Thursday at 12:30, a very important caucus. We must do that. I want every member of the caucus to understand the JOBS bill, why we are moving forward. My friends, Senator Durbin and Schumer--I was engaged with the Speaker and was not able to be on the floor during that vote. A number of Members have raised questions with my leadership, including Senator Murray. I want to make sure everyone understands clearly what is going on. We have had a difficult time, as everyone knows, with the storms being such as they are.…”