Political Quotes

“Madam President, I understand that the objection holds-- that the ranking member of the Senate's Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee is essentially saying he is not willing to vote on all three of these--two of them right now, the other one a bit later. I mean, it could be right now. Again, we have tried to move on these nominations. My friend from Pennsylvania launched a boycott of a committee that I have never seen or a boycott which actually, because of the 50-50 Senate, stopped us--literally stopped us--from holding a vote. He knows that, and he knows they have done everything they can to stop Lisa Cook's nomination--everything. I would point out also that it is not exactly an accurate version of history. Judy Shelton, whom my colleague mentioned, would have gone down if everybody had been there. He forgets that part. It wasn't just one Republican Member who was sick; it was another Republican Member who was going to vote no, and he understood the array of people in both parties who were opposed to Ms. Shelton. In understanding that, my colleague is saying let's not vote on any of the three of them--on either the two of them today and then Lisa Cook later. I understand the rules of the Senate, and that is the way it will be. ____________________”