Political Quotes

“I tried to be very patient. I have been waiting for an hour to have some Republican come to the floor so I may offer a unanimous consent request. I don't know how much more patient I need to be. The unanimous consent simply says we are doing nothing today; can't we at least have amendments offered on FISA. I was talking with staff, Republican and Democratic staff. I understood that was something we could do. But now maybe we can't even do that. I have called Senators. I have called Senator Dodd and he is willing to come here and offer his amendment. Senator Feingold is willing to come and offer two amendments. Senator Whitehouse is willing to come and offer his amendment. We have people ready to work. But this is Super Tuesday, and at this late hour--Senator Klobuchar is leaving in a few minutes to go back to Minnesota. They have a primary there tonight. The same in Illinois. A number of other Senators have left. But we are willing to debate these amendments to speed up what we are trying to do. The President came out today with--it is difficult to comprehend this. He came out with a veto threat on FISA. Now, try that one on for size, everybody. The President has issued a veto threat on FISA today when we don't have anything for him to veto. Maybe he has come to the conclusion that he doesn't like the Intelligence Committee-reported bill. But that is where we are. The President has stated he wants to veto FISA.”