Political Quotes

“I confirm what the Senator said, of course, from my trip to Nevada. I also traveled during the break and went to other places doing some work as relates to the Senate--Utah, various parts of California, and Colorado. All over the country, not only Nevada and South Dakota, all over the country people want our soldiers, sailors, airmen, coastguardsmen, to have enough resources to do their job. But also, as the Senator from South Dakota has said, it is important that those people who are first responders know they have the necessary equipment and the resources. The problem we have is, every minute this bill does not pass, people in Georgia, South Dakota, and Nevada are having moneys paid out of their own budgets for issues that are the responsibility of the Federal Government. So the people of Nevada are being hurt as we speak because programs that must be provided for first responders--fire, police, paramedics, and medical personnel--are being paid for out of their own budgets. This will relieve them of some of that responsibility. So the Senator is absolutely right. It is a shame. I do not understand why we are here doing nothing--I mean nothing. If somebody doesn't like the bill, let them have the intestinal fortitude to come and tell us what they are going to do about it. I say to my friend from South Dakota, we even tried: OK, if you don't like the bill, let's have a time for a finite number of amendments. They responded: No, we can't agree to that.”