Political Quotes

“First, I would just like to make one preliminary comment, and then I would like to address what my colleague from Alaska has said and this bill. Fiscal Policy On another issue, I just heard that Vice President Cheney came to address the Republican caucus on our fiscal cliff. I would suggest that the man who said deficits do not matter is not a very good teacher for the Republican caucus when it comes to deficit reduction and the fiscal cliff. They could get better teachers than that. As for this issue, first, I wish to thank my colleague from Alaska for her heartfelt comments. She is what we need, somebody who cares about this issue, somebody who has great reach across the aisle, and somebody who is willing to work with us. It is true, it is obvious we will not have the votes to win the DISCLOSE Act. It is simple disclosure. We tried to make it--under the leadership of Senator Whitehouse; I will address that in 1 minute--we tried to make it as narrow as possible. We tried to deal with all the objections we heard about labor unions and others. That is why there is a $10,000 amount--far beyond the labor union dues of any union I am aware of. We tried to make it as down the middle as possible for simple disclosure. But I understand where my colleague from Alaska is coming from. I respect it, and I look forward to working with her. She might be the bridge we need because, mark my words, if we do not do something about this, we will not have the Republic we know in 5 years.…”