Political Quotes

“I have the opportunity to spend a lot of time on the floor and I see what goes on here more than this very important piece of legislation dealing with prescription drugs. For months and months, I have seen this. I have watched what has gone on. And it does not matter whether it is election reform, whether it is the energy bill, whether it is terrorism insurance, the supplemental appropriations bill, the Department of Defense authorization bill, or, as a couple hours ago, trying to move to military construction appropriations, it does not matter what we do, we cannot do it because they will not let us. This is no different. And the answer is, you know, we can talk about: Sure, let's do it today. We will do it right now--after we have wasted actually 2 days--not 1 day, 2 days. Today is Tuesday. This is the same on every piece of legislation with which we deal. And the reason is they do not want us--``they,'' meaning the Republican minority, do not want us to deal with this legislation--this legislation, election reform, energy, terrorism insurance, the supplemental, DOD authorization. And the game does not stop with cloture on getting the bills to the floor with a motion to proceed. It is one thing after another. No, they don't want a 3-to-2 breakdown on the conference committee. They want 4 to 3. Or it doesn't matter what it is, we can't do it right. But, Mr. President, we have the ability to persevere.…”