Political Quotes

“Mr. President, for the last month or 6 weeks the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, who served in this body for 36 years, has been assigned by the President of the United States to work with people who have been assigned by me, Senator McConnell, the minority leader in the House, and the Speaker to meet with Senator Biden to work out problems that we have facing our country with this huge debt. Senator Biden has been working very hard. There have been numerous meetings with this group of people that we assigned. Progress is being made. Whether it is enough progress remains to be seen. The President of the United States gets up early every morning, gets an intelligence report about what is going on around the world--there are a lot of things going on around the world that he has to keep his eye on, and that is an understatement. We have had many issues come about this last month on which he has had to focus. No one can suggest in any way the President is not engaged in what is going on in the country. He is briefed at least once a day by the Vice President as to these negotiations. Following that, almost every day he meets with his advisers as to what should be the next step. I think it is unfair to say things such as, ``Where is the President?'' I think it is fair to take a little look at history.…”