Political Quotes

“If the leader will yield, speaking for this side of the aisle, the ANWR amendment will be laid down. Senator Conrad, the manager on our side, and our leader, have indicated it would be to everyone's interest on our side to debate ANWR tonight. So if Members have a speech to give on ANWR on our side, it should be done tonight because there will shortly be a unanimous consent agreement that we will attempt to have approved that has the approval of both leaders that will take us to other amendments tomorrow morning, pay-go and the tax cut to be offered on our side. The two leaders have indicated these would be stacked for votes sometime tomorrow afternoon. On our side, I repeat, we have all night tonight to debate as much as people want on ANWR. Tomorrow morning and afternoon on our side will be a very limited time to speak on ANWR.”