Political Quotes

“we have an opportunity to, based on the statement of the Senator from Kentucky, move some of this legislation. But I cannot understand why, when we finish running one race, we have to immediately go to the other race. We need a little time to rest. What I am saying about that is that we have on many occasions passed bills in the Senate and accomplished the desire of the people working on that legislation by working things out with the House. We have done that without using conference. We have done this simply in negotiating the differences between the House and Senate. We have done it in the 108th Congress; we did it 21 times then. In the 107th Congress, we did it 51 times. I think before the end of this year, if we can get a few things done on the floor, instead of 21 bills, we can get it up to maybe 40. We have done it on very important things, such as AIDS assistance, TANF extension, military family tax relief, national flood insurance, Syria accountability, veterans benefits, the Defense Production Act, which are very important pieces of legislation.”