Political Quotes

“I very much appreciate my good friend, the junior Senator from Kentucky, for his fidelity to spending-- something we don't agree with--and for his fidelity of trying to get his amendments on the floor and debated--something we do agree with. I recently supported that right when the FISA bill came up, which I know was very important to him. The difficulty we have here is that the government will shut down. We still have the House that has to vote. Frankly, there are lots of amendments on my side, and it is hard to make an argument that if one person gets an amendment that everybody else will not want an amendment, and then we will be here for a very long time. So I would plead with my colleague, given the exigencies, that maybe a budget point of order might work, which would make the same point; that is, he believes the spending is too high. Then we could move forward and get a bill done and not risk a government shutdown. We are in risky territory here as both of my friends from Kentucky know. If that would accomplish the same thing and not hold us up here, we could let the House do its will and then, maybe, get the bill to the President, because we want to move things forward. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I propose that we give the Senator from Kentucky an opportunity to make a budget point of order, which would give him a vote on the substance of the matter he is concerned about.…”