Political Quotes

“it is nice to be back after having nearly a month break. It is a good opportunity to come back and see what the rest of the world is like. I think we have a lot of great challenges before us, and I hope we can accomplish a great deal. To do that, we are going to have to have some agreement among the folks here. I am compelled to come to the Chamber because there has been a great deal of criticism on the floor today of the Congress and the lack of activity in the Congress over time, and certainly all of us agree we could do more and we need to do more. In order to do that, we have to come to some sort of an agreement. One of the problems with getting things done with 55 votes is that anyone can object, and it takes 60 votes to override that, and we have had a lot of that experience from our friends on the other side of the aisle. So we need to do a great deal more than we have been able to do. I am hopeful we can begin to talk more about issues. There is a difference of view about issues. That is what the Senate is all about. There are differences of views everywhere. We ought to talk about the issues and not just talk about politics. So I hope we can address those issues in a more direct way and not just simply be critical in order to talk about the future in terms of the Congress. I am here to say we haven't done all we would like to do. No one would argue with that. On the other hand, we have accomplished quite a number of things over a period of time.…”