Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, this legislation passed the House by a huge bipartisan vote--359, as I recall, House Members voted for this. Now, as far as putting the stamp of the Senate on this bill, we have already done that. We passed a bill. We had every Democrat and nine Republicans. That is basically what the House has sent back to us--that matter we took a look at earlier. I say that the chairman of the committee, Senator Baucus, is 100 percent behind this request I have, as is the AARP, the AMA, and many support groups around the country. That is now in the Record. We put that in the Record yesterday. So this is something we have to do. I would say to my friend, on the 30-day extension, I understand the seriousness of his proposal. I have said many times on this floor, I will not repeat it in detail, I have the greatest respect for the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire. But it is my understanding that there has been an objection to my proposal, and he will go ahead and offer the 30-day extension, to which I will object. I will be happy to seriously consider it but not too seriously.”