Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, I am not aware of the thousands of studies. I am aware of the need to move forward with this legislation. I would say to my friend, if, in fact, there are thousands--and I don't in any way doubt the word of my friend--then why should that be a basis for stopping us to legislate on this issue? We have 68 Senators who believe this legislation is important. If you, the Senator from Oklahoma, have a cause that this legislation is ill-founded, people are--I have changed my position on legislation before, and I can't understand why you would stand in the way of allowing this legislation to be legislated. That is what we do here. We are legislators. So, no, I am not familiar with the thousands of studies.”