Political Quotes

“I do have the right to object. I think there has been an objection. I say respectfully to my friend the majority leader and to the minority leader, we have an obligation to move legislation along here. We agree with the statement of the majority leader, we should move legislation, but take it a step at a time. What we thought we were doing, the Senators from Nevada, is moving this-- we were jumping two steps. We were willing to do away with those, but we cannot waive all of our rights, and we know how important it is to move legislation. We felt that by going directly to the Defense appropriations bill, getting that completed, doing other things that will be able to be completed, without the two Senators from Nevada exercising their rights--under the rules, we felt we were doing the country and the two leaders here, in effect, a favor, but to have us avoid three or four different procedural moves that we have, seems to be a little bit too much. We appreciate you trying to work with us. I object.”