Political Quotes

“God forbid we place dealing with bedrock American issues ahead of the culture of political cliche. It is always nice to be informed of what the status is in the Intermountain West by people from towns that end in the name ``Beach.'' I find it incredibly interesting that we have heard on several occasions that the administration's average for the supermajority of applications is 36 months or less and how we need to work together on things when the legislation on the floor right now calls for a 30-month timeframe, which is extendable, by the way, with the consent of both parties. So instead of, Well, let's have an amendment to make it 36 months and put this on the suspension calendar, we are subjected to ``This is bad'' and ``It disenfranchises the public'' and all that. Let's talk about what this is really about. There is an old saying in the law: When you have got the facts, you argue the facts. When you have got the law, you argue the law. When you don't have either, you just argue. Here we are. Because everybody in the room knows, depending on what side of the issue you are on, the big tool in this thing is, if we can outwait them, the capital will go elsewhere. Guess what. The folks that believe in that are winning. When we talk about those bedrock American issues, things like jobs, things like public participation--you know, 30 months, that is longer than we get to hang out here after the people of our district give us their voting card.…”