Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate so much the comments from the Senator from Connecticut. I would like to sort of summarize the way I see things today. I, first of all, would say, I think last week--or over the last short period of time anyway--probably has been the lowest point in my Senate career of 3 years and 4 months in just hearing all the rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, candidly, about this bill. I continue to hear it, unfortunately, in the evenings from this floor. The fact is, this is a serious issue, it is complex, and there are a lot of substantive issues that need to be addressed. I guess the thing that frustrates me most about this body--it has nothing to do with having been a mayor or a businessperson--is the outlandish things people can say on both sides of the aisle just to try to cut herds out of Americans. So Americans who are busy raising their families or doing what they do on a daily basis--and, candidly, what we are doing is just a long way away and they hear pieces of it--it is just to sort of divide up our country. I do hope on this bill we can focus more on the facts, and we will see if that occurs. It certainly would be the first time in a long time if that were to occur, but I hope that happens. As I look at this bill, first of all, on the too-big-to-fail piece, my sense is, the Senator from Connecticut is going to work with the Senator from Alabama and pretty well fix that over the course of this weekend.…”