Political Quotes

“I certainly support the leader's efforts to have us work a full workweek in the Senate Chamber. I do say we can really develop some bad habits. I know our leader has already been requested to see if we can get off on Wednesday nights. We really have to get started having some votes on more than 3 days a week. I also say to the leader that we worked hard on this side, as I have indicated. There is a spirit of bipartisanship. I think that was helped yesterday with the meeting at the White House. We really want to move these along, and the record should reflect, except for one nomination, Tuesday afternoon they will all have been completed. We hope in the foreseeable future we will be able to work the final one, debate it, resolve it. Hopefully, that can be done expeditiously. We are willing to do the best we can. The record should reflect, with the remaining nomination, there are tons of questions. I know the committees are trying to work their way through that so we can have those answers so the debate can take place expeditiously.”