Political Quotes

“I am satisfied and pleased that we have a number of Senators on the floor wishing to speak. I am going to say just a few brief words, and then we are going to go into a quorum call until the Republican leader comes. He has some things to do here. So we will wait for him. Mr. President, we find ourselves at the end of this work period having done not a lot. There is a lot of blame to go around, and we could spend all day blaming each other, but the fact is we need to do better. I am grateful, though; yesterday we were able to pass the veterans conference report. It wasn't what we passed out of the Senate, but it was OK. It will help. I admire very much the people who were able to get that done. Bernie Sanders worked extremely hard, and I am not sure he could have completed that without the work of the senior Senator from Arizona. The bill was dead, the conference was really dead, a week ago. But the senior Senator from Arizona weighed in, and with his influence with Democrats and Republicans, it was made possible to move forward and was brought back on track. I am surprised my friend from Arizona is here. I acknowledge the work that he did. Others worked on it, of course, but without his McCain- like advocacy last Friday and Thursday night, it wouldn't have happened. Mr. President, I am not only grateful for the conference report we got on the veterans matter but also the highway bill.…”