Political Quotes

“Senator Reed and I want to speak briefly, and unless the leader has arrived, we will return the Senate to a quorum call at the conclusion of the remarks by Senator Reed and myself. And it is gratifying that the Senator from Pennsylvania is presiding. Yesterday, I requested that the cloakroom hotline Senator Casey's Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Support Reauthorization Act, S. 958, with an amendment important to Rhode Island and to the country regarding growing our mental health care pediatric workforce. My amendment would make resources available to increase the number of residents trained in child and adolescent psychiatry. Senator Casey's-- the Presiding Officer's--bill and my amendment have the unanimous support of my caucus and I believe have very broad support in the Republican caucus as well. Unfortunately, there has been an objection to my unanimous consent request, so I am very disappointed that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are not able to clear this particular bill. I am also disappointed that none of the Republicans who object to this measure have approached me or my staff with their concerns--none of them. If it is just one, then he or she has not. If it is more than one, none of them have. I was prepared to come to the floor today and make a live unanimous consent request to find out exactly where the objections to this amendment lie.…”