Political Quotes

“I would be happy to do that for my distinguished friend, the senior Senator from the State of West Virginia, of the West Virginia hills. We have four things to do for sure: the bill we are on now, this appropriations bill, children's health, the conference report on the 9/11 Commission recommendations, and the message that we are going to get from the House on ethics and lobbying reform. Those four things are essential. The luxury we would have is also to complete WRDA. The conference report is important. We should be able to do that quickly. We got a huge vote when it came out of here. These are the things that we must do before we leave. This is not anything new that I just sprung on anybody. That is something that I have been saying for a long time. We have made great progress. I am very happy with it. We were able to get Wounded Warriors done. We were able to get the pay raise for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. We were also able to pass for the first time in 3 years the higher education bill--that is important--reconciliation, getting the biggest change in how students are able to go to our schools in our country since the GI bill. We have a few things we need to do, and we really need to do it. I repeat, it is almost 1 o'clock on Thursday. I will be happy to work into the night to complete this bill. I say that the managers of the bill says it all, Senator Byrd and Senator Cochran. They are the best we have.”