Political Quotes

“I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, there are some nominations on whom the request has not been made. My colleague from Rhode Island has a number of judicial appointments. He will return to the floor to make those unanimous consent requests later--I assume soon. There will be 64 total requests that will be made today that we cannot find opposition for--64 we cannot find opposition. I am going to now make five requests to which there was opposition. The ones I just made, by the way, the last group I just made, are new. They have been added to the calendar since I made the requests last week. This is going to continue. I am going to do my very best job at impersonating the tenacity of my colleague from Oklahoma. I am going to do my very best job of being a dog with a bone on secret holds. I am not going to give up. I am going to be out here every week, as often as I need to be out here. I am going to get as many colleagues to help me. We now have everybody on this side on board with the exception of Senator Byrd, and I am optimistic we will get Senator Byrd. I am hopeful the next time I will have some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, who agree secret holds are wrong, to help make these requests. The ones I just made were new. As notice to the Senators who may be holding those, they were not made last week.…”