Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we just heard the astounding claim that it would be a waste of time to allow individual Senators to come here and do what they were elected to do, which is to offer improvements to pending legislation. We are not a rubberstamp for the House. We are not a rubberstamp for either party's leadership in either Chamber. We are U.S. Senators, and we should be able to vote as such. And so I am asking for the support of my colleagues in tabling the amendment tree so we can have the ``fair and open'' process that Senator Schumer promised the last time we addressed the national security supplemental. If we table the tree, Members can actually, finally, be able to call up their amendments on the floor, instead of begging Senator Schumer to give his blessing for their consideration. If you support a fair and open amendment process, if you want to improve the bill, you should support my motion to table. This will not create the post-apocalyptic hellscape that those in leadership would have us believe will ensue. There will not be dogs and cats living together in the streets, nothing out of the Book of Revelations. We will just find ourselves in the position of being able to do our job. Motion to Table To that end, I move to table the motion to refer. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.”