Political Quotes

“I appreciate my chairman acknowledging the fact at this stage--things could happen later on--we have another amendment on our side and two more amendments on the other side, and that is all we know of on this bill. There may be other things come up but that is what the managers have been told. I underline and underscore what the chairman of the committee has said. It is not right to have these votes go 38 minutes. People have other things to do. It is unfair to the Members here, voting on time, to nonchalantly walk in, knowing the vote has been held up. These are not close votes. There is nothing that will be damaged by someone missing a vote. If you have an important engagement, tell that to your constituents. It is unreasonable to do this. I hope later we will acknowledge that and help move the bill forward.”