Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, he is right on the mark. Senator McCain is quoted in the paper today, almost verbatim what the Senator from North Dakota said. He said, as quoted in the paper: I don't report things out of my committee on a partisan basis. If I did, they won't go anyplace anyway. And, in reality, the Senate is divided 50/50. He went on further to say, as he understood the framework of the agreement, the Democrats would allow him to be chairman. He thought that was a pretty good deal. I say to my friend from North Dakota, in the form of a question, and ask if he would agree: The fact is, the Senate is divided 50/50. As I said before, it doesn't matter what kind of math you use; 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans comes out equally. It would seem to me that the committee structure should be equal. Again, reading in the Washington Times, which seemed to be a press release from the dissidents--I should not say 'the dissidents'--it seemed to be a press release from those people opposing equality in the Senate. It appeared to be a press release they issued. They are saying: I don't understand. We are going to be in the majority. We deserve to have one more on the committee. I say to my friend from North Dakota, and I ask if he would agree with me: The Republicans are not in the majority in the Senate of the United States.”