Political Quotes

“That was very touching. Thank you very much, I say to my friend, Senator Schumer. Mr. President, I want to start today by giving an update as to where we are in the process for the NDAA. At 10:30 a.m., which is coming up shortly, we are going to have a cloture vote on Toomey's amendment that applies the REINS Act to the CFIUS rulemaking process. We all know what that is. We all know there is opposition. If that vote fails, we will immediately roll into a cloture vote on the substitute amendment. That is our amendment, which we will be considering as the bill. Then, we hope to invoke cloture on the underlying bill this afternoon before we head out of town. If we are able to do that, we will have the final passage vote on Monday when we return. We are also working diligently as we speak to clear an additional managers' package. One of the things we were talking about, and I have been somewhat critical of some of my fellow Members, is the fact that we have been operating under rules--and we have gone through this in years past; it is almost predictable that one individual will try to use this bill as a must-pass bill. Everyone knows it is going to pass; it has passed for the last 57 years. So, logically, it is where you put an amendment that is very difficult to pass. I don't blame them for that. I would do the same thing. Nonetheless, I wouldn't do it if it caused all other amendments to not be considered. I am hoping we will be able to have a managers' package.…”