Political Quotes

“before he leaves the floor, I just want to make sure, having worked with Senator Paul for many, many months now, that I especially appreciate his efforts in the last few days in this week to try to accommodate this body with respect to amendments. My colleague has said repeatedly that he was very interested in a short list of amendments, that he hoped to have some modest time that would be available for these amendments. He and I have worked together on a number of them. I think it is a reflection, as people think about this debate and on a topic that is of such enormous importance, that my colleague from Kentucky, especially with respect to this amendment issue, has tried continually to be reasonable and to be accommodating to this body. Until just a few hours ago, I was at home in Oregon having townhall meetings, flew all night to be here for this extremely important session. Of course, the topic we discussed this evening was front and center in terms of my constituents. The message from Oregonians at these townhall meetings was very clear. The people whom I have the honor to represent in the Senate want policies that advance their security and protect their liberties. The program we have been talking about tonight in the Senate really does not deliver either. It does not make us safer. It chips away at our liberties.…”