Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from California for her service on the Foreign Relations Committee and her passionate comments. Obviously, I am in a very different place policywise than she is. I do want to point out there is bipartisanship here. There is bipartisan disapproval. While I know the Senator from California knows a great deal about foreign policy, as she is the longest serving member on the committee, the two who have spent more time than anyone understanding the nature of this deal, the impact it is going to have on the region--more time because there has been more meetings with them--are the two Democrats, the ranking member today and the former ranking member, who both oppose this. So there is bipartisanship. I don't view this as political at all. I think we have been able to establish a strong bipartisan bill to vote on this. We have strong bipartisanship in both bodies, I might say, in the House and the Senate, in opposing this. I hope what we will be able to do is not cast aspersions about people's motives but really debate this on the substance. If I could, and then I will be glad to take my colleague's question. Without objection, I would like to yield the remainder of Republican time as in morning business in this manner: 20 minutes to Senator Cruz, who I think will be here momentarily; 20 minutes to Senator McCain; 15 minutes to Senator Vitter; and 5 minutes to Senator Kirk. I don't want to burn up a lot of our time, but if there is no objection.…”