Political Quotes

“Madam President, for the information of all Senators, after the House votes later today--they have a 1-hour rule, so whenever they take it up they will debate it for 1 hour--it is my intention to try to lock in a unanimous consent to set a vote to complete action on the debt limit increase. This vote could happen either tonight or tomorrow. So I want Senators to be aware of that. Of course, with a consent agreement we could move anytime we wish to this bill, but it would take consent. When we finish this we have some nominations we have to deal with, and we have to get the FAA issue resolved. But I think this will probably be the last vote we have that I am aware of. It has been a pretty hard work period we have had, the last two weekends and working late, and I think the Senate deserves to be able to go home as soon as we can. If there were ever a time when we needed to work with our constituents, it is now. For me, personally, I have been here for a long time. I have a home in Nevada that I haven't seen in months. My pomegranate trees are, I am told, blossoming and have some pomegranates on them. I have some fig trees and roses and stuff that I just haven't seen. I have constituents I am anxious to see, friends I need to visit, relatives I need to visit. So as soon as we can complete our work, I would like to move as quickly as I can to the summer recess period.…”