Political Quotes

“we are ready for the next amendment. What I would suggest for the good of the order is that while they are negotiating a finality of this ethanol amendment--that is taking place as we speak--Senator Cantwell be allowed to move forward on her amendment. We would certainly agree that anytime they want to come back and finish the work on ethanol, she would step aside. But we have such a limited amount of time on this most important piece of legislation. We have today. Of course, because of the funeral of Senator Exon, we cannot have votes this afternoon. There are six or seven Senators leaving. Then we have a longstanding conference on Friday, so tomorrow is going to be the heavy workload of this week. This is our first amendment. We believe we would do well if we could move forward with it. Senator Cantwell has been very patient. She waited here all day yesterday, and she is here again today. So I am wondering--I see, of course, that the distinguished chairman of the committee is here. I wonder if I could have Senator Inhofe's attention. If I could, I am sorry to interrupt the conversation, but I am wondering if the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma would allow the present amendment to be set aside. I know there are negotiations going on at the present time. We could allow Senator Cantwell to offer her amendment. Anytime you wanted to come back on the floor, we would be happy to yield the floor and come back to you. It would just help things move along.”