Political Quotes

“Madam President, the Senate is now considering the motion to proceed to S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. The Republicans will control the first half hour, and the majority will control the second half hour this morning. The Republicans will also control the time from 11:30 to 12:30 today. The majority will control the time from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. At 2 p.m. the Senate will resume consideration of the postal reform bill. There will be several rollcall votes--six to eight votes--at that time in order to complete action on the bill. Postal Reform I am very gratified about the work that has been done over the last many months, which will culminate today in the passing of this postal bill. It has been extremely difficult. Lots of people have worked on this bill, and it has been a bipartisan effort. It is going to send a message to the House that we can do big things. It is an important piece of legislation--one of the biggest and most complicated we have dealt with in a long time. As I said, I am gratified, and I congratulate and applaud Senators Lieberman, Collins, and others on our side--especially Senator Tom Carper, who worked hard with the chairman and ranking member and many others who were stalwarts. We saw that yesterday when there was an effort to bring the bill down. That was the first vote we took. Senators stood at their desks in the Chamber on a bipartisan basis and indicated how important this legislation is.…”