Political Quotes

Mr. President, my friend from Ohio talks about common sense. Common sense dictates to me that the Republicans who run the Senate have had months to turn their attention to bills like this. They also have had months to do something else…

They are on the same side as my bad eye, folks. We are all pretty good at what we do, but we would be lost without the Tim Mitchells and Gary Myricks of the world. We would be stumbling around here. We depend on them so very much. Tim has…

Mr. President, I understand the seriousness of my friend's proposal. I understand the urgency that patients and their families feel who are desperate for new treatments. I could go through a litany of people who have been in predicaments…

Mr. President, the Republican leader just said: What are the Democrats trying to do, have built-in dysfunction? During the 8 years I was majority leader, we had to overcome 644 filibusters led by the Republicans--644. A comparable time…