Political Quotes

“I am privileged to stand on the Senate floor today with my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman, as a cosponsor of this amendment. He and I stand here against the wishes of the administration that we--the Congress, and specifically the Senate--would involve ourselves at this delicate time. And we are not here to be indelicate. We are here because the Founders of this country set up a framework in which the Congress--the Senate specifically--has responsibilities when it comes to foreign affairs. I remember during the Clinton administration we would often do this, and it would upset their apple cart. I am proud as a Republican to be here to do this and upset the apple cart of the Bush administration--not with any malignancy but because of a principle I feel very personally and deeply about; that is, we as elected Members of this body have a right, and indeed an obligation, to stand up and be counted right now at this critical hour no matter what apple cart is overturned in the process.”