Political Quotes

“We agree on this side that the bill that Senator Baucus and Senator Grassley worked to bring to the floor is very important for our country. We think it is so important that we are willing to basically say, on the overtime amendment, Senator Harkin would take only 10 minutes. The majority can take 10 minutes, and we will vote on it. This overtime issue is also important. I refer to the Wednesday--today--Congressional Quarterly. In this, the chairman of the Finance Committee indicates that he would prefer a vote. This is a direct quote: I prefer to vote things up or down and move on. He said: My feeling is that sometime we have got to face this issue. So we might as well face it now. Senator Grassley is absolutely right. This issue is not going to go away. It is an issue that affects 8 million Americans. It is whether or not they are going to be paid overtime, whether or not the overtime is going to be taken away from them.”