Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I certainly complain when things do not go well here on the floor and we are unable to legislate. I think that what has transpired on the CPSC legislation is how we should legislate. I hope it continues that way. In that regard, it appears we have a piece of legislation--it is bipartisan in nature, it came out of the committee after much consternation. We were concerned that we could not get anything out of there. We finally did get something out of the committee. It looks like a very good piece of bipartisan legislation. We are going to finish this bill this week. I hope we can finish it sooner rather than later. I alerted my caucus that we would be in session until we do finish the bill, but there is no reason we cannot finish this very quickly. I see no reason we have to move to cloture. If that becomes necessary, I will certainly talk to the distinguished Republican leader. But I do not see that on the horizon at this stage. I hope we can move forward on this legislation.”