Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, we have had the stall for several days now. I wanted to make sure that one of the Senators who wanted to go to a debate would be able to do that tonight. So he can go now, because as I announced half an hour ago there is plenty of time to do the debate. As I have indicated before, we are anxious to finish the business we have to do this work period. I am happy to vote on the Paul amendment. I have said that. I am the one who arranged it so it is possible to vote on it. I have no regret as to having done that. I am happy to vote on the continuing resolution, something that has 80 or more sponsors. I am happy to have all these votes. In fact, we can do the debate tonight on the containment resolution and the Paul amendment. But understand this: We are not separating the vote on the CR and a piece of legislation that groups around this country have been trying to get done for years. It has been held up here. As I have said before, everything shouldn't be a fight here. The Senator from Montana, Mr. Tester, has assembled a broad package of bipartisan legislation that has wide-ranging support from Republicans. They are noted publicly in publications here saying they support it. They will vote for it. It has the support of sportsmen throughout this country. Getting to vote on this bill should not have to be a big fight. This is the sort of thing we ought to be able to simply vote on, and we are going to do that.…”