Political Quotes

it is a shame that we don't have more of an opportunity to pass more bills, particularly bills that are not controversial. This is an opportunity that we should take to pass noncontroversial bills every time we get the chance. We have four…

It is important to reflect on the importance of this position and on the importance of the Department that he has been asked by the President of the United States to lead. This is a Department that, 25 years ago, didn't exist. It was…

I appreciate the passion that my friend and colleague the distinguished Senator from the State of Nevada puts into her job, into scrutinizing legislation. I appreciate the concerns she has expressed. Now, if I believed all of the things…

I, nonetheless, take umbrage--great umbrage in fact--to a couple of characterizations to which I must now respond. First, as to what she characterizes as the ``long bureaucratic process,'' this process is itself quite short, especially in…