Political Quotes

“You stalled for 2 days. And here we now have a situation where, after having wasted 2 days, we now are in a situation where you say: OK, let's just go to it. It is 5 o'clock tonight. You have told us your friend in New Hampshire has a funeral. I also spoke to our colleague from New Hampshire. He said: Do you think there are going to be any votes? I said: It looks like you're not going to give us any votes. I said: I would hope we would have a vote on military construction. Right out here at about 2:30 today he and I visited. So I say your statement that our colleague from New Hampshire is at a funeral--I am glad he is attending a funeral. I am glad he was able to go there. I think it is the right thing to do. But what I say, if going to a funeral isn't an excuse for missing a vote, there isn't one that exists in the world. So I think that is a very poor excuse for our not voting on this tonight. If, in fact, you want us to go forward, I ask unanimous consent that we vote on cloture right now. Let's say at 5:45. Give people an opportunity to get here. We vote. I will spread on the Record that anyone who questions the junior Senator from New Hampshire not being here for the vote--I will personally campaign against that person and say that it is wrong for anyone to raise that as an issue.”