Political Quotes

“Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, we will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Fred Hochberg to be president of the very important Export-Import Bank. At 10 a.m. there will be a cloture vote on the Hochberg nomination. Following that, if cloture is invoked, we will have, as a result of some rules changes made earlier this year, 8 hours of debate. I doubt seriously if the Democrats will take any of their time, so we should be able to finish that sometime soon and have a vote on his confirmation, if we invoke cloture. We then have left on the calendar for this week the Secretary of Labor and the head of the EPA. So we should be able to finish that tomorrow. Senate Friendships Mr. President, I am so glad to see the Presiding Officer in the Chair. For those who perhaps are not aware, Senator Levin is a long- time Member of the Senate, and he has decided not to run again, which is very sad for the State of Michigan, the Senate, and the country, but that is the decision he made. I had the good fortune--and he has heard me say this before, but I will say it again because I will never forget this--of coming to the Congress in 1982, with Senator Levin's brother--his older brother--and so the first time I met Senator Carl Levin I was contemplating whether I should run for the Senate, after having served in the House. At the very beginning of our visit--a visit in Senator Levin's office--I said to him: I know your brother.…”