Political Quotes

“I think my friend, the distinguished majority whip, is talking about things that really do not exist. We have now in the Senate a bipartisan agreement on how to approach the Hamdan decision, the detainee problem. We had all Democrats and four Republicans--far more than a majority in the committee--who voted yesterday to bring the matter to the floor that would solve this problem. It is not a problem at this point that has been solved by the European courts. It has been solved by the U.S. Senate. We certainly know that the document that has come from the Armed Services Committee is imperfect, and we can always try to work to improve that. I think we should move forward on this issue. I think there is certainly nothing in the mind of the American people or the American public that what the President has suggested is final. Certainly, he is not infallible, as indicated by Colin Powell--four- star general, general in the Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State for a number of years. He says the President's approach is wrong. He is not talking about the European courts determining what we should do. He is saying that the approach of Senator McCain and others is the proper way to go. I would also say--without a long discussion--we have the same situation at this stage in the Senate dealing with domestic spying. We have a bipartisan solution to this issue.…”