Political Quotes

“Mr. President, that is correct. So, in closing, I would just ask--just like every other committee here in the Senate that hopefully takes its work seriously and does work especially on important matters like this that affect people's lives--that this body would think that a better recommendation would be to table this effort to have this wild West debate on the floor over the course of the next several hours and, instead of doing it in that manner, to give the committee of jurisdiction the ability to work its will with Yemen through hearings, through a process on the committee that would actually bring a bill to the floor that has been thought through and where we had worked with other bodies of government to get it in a place where then it could be amended and dealt with in a more methodical and appropriate way. I would like to remind people one more time that we also plan to mark up an AUMF on April 19 to deal with the lingering issue of having an open situation where we are still dealing with ISIS and al-Qaida and others based on something that was authorized to be done in Afghanistan years ago. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.”