Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I also note that with just the amendments that have been proposed, if we are fortunate, it will probably take 9 hours or so, maybe more than that, to get rid of those. There will be continuous votes without any breaks. We are not going to have any breaks unless something untoward happens. Senators should be advised that they should remain close to the floor during this process. If people are not here at the end of the time, we are going to close it up. We need to move on. We have other things we have to do prior to the recess. I have to work with the Republican leader. It has taken an enormous amount of time to do this. Everybody stay here. It works a lot better if my colleagues stay close to their seats and, hopefully, we will have an orderly process as much as possible during the vote-arama. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I am going to take a few minutes of my leader time before we begin the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The leader has that right. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the administration and some in Congress wish this debate to be over. They want the American people to sit down and quiet down. That has been their approach to health care for an entire year. Well, Republicans think Congress serves the people, not the other way around.…”