Political Quotes

“Yesterday there was a vote, as we all knew there would be--an overwhelming vote--to proceed to legislation to stem the tide of global warming. This strong bipartisan vote came only after the Republicans forced us to file cloture and use more of the Senate's valuable time. Another filibuster. This is, as I have said before, filibusters on steroids. We have never, ever, in the history of our great country, had as many filibusters as this Republican minority has initiated. In a short 10 months, the 2-year record for filibusters was broken by this Republican minority. They have stopped or slowed down everything they could. They have even forced us to file cloture on things they agree on. Why? Because it eats up valuable time. We now have 12 weeks left until our adjournment time. There is so much to do--so much to do. We are interested in doing the people's business. The Republicans are interested in stalling--stalling.”