Political Quotes

“we are currently considering the motion to concur in the House message to accompany the FDA bill postcloture. We hope to work something out on that so that we can move to it early evening. The first hour of debate this morning will be equally divided and controlled, with the Republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. At 11:30 the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Robin Rosenbaum to be a district judge for the Southern District of Florida. At noon there will be a rollcall vote on confirmation of the Rosenbaum nomination. The Senate will recess today from 12:30 to 2:15, as we normally do on Tuesdays, for our weekly caucus meetings. At 2:15 there will be 6 hours 15 minutes remaining on the motion to concur in the House message with respect to the FDA bill. We hope that a significant amount of time can be yielded back and that we can complete action on the bill today. There is an all-Senators briefing at 5 o'clock. We are going to continue--that time will run. We are not going to recess during that period of time. That will be in the classified room down in the Visitor Center. We have accomplished a lot. Everyone knows how grateful I am to Senators Stabenow and Roberts for working their way and our way through that very difficult farm bill.…”