Political Quotes

“So, Madam President, I know the senior Senator from Connecticut is getting ready to speak, someone we all respect. I just want to say, as I said 3 hours ago, as someone who has worked closely with the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and I think I would say in a very constructive way, I think the decision to take up a House measure in the middle of this debate--which I have to say that today there are not many things on the Senate floor that--well, I shouldn't say that. This is one of the more interesting matters I have heard on the Senate floor, where lots of serious issues are being brought up. This is not one of those filibuster kinds of debates. The fact is, we are in the middle of this and we haven't voted on the first amendment and the leadership of the Senate has decided to pivot off that on to something that is totally unrelated to eat up the rest of the weekend. I just wish to say one more time, I can sense it has totally changed the nature of the debate and people's seriousness or feeling of seriousness about this whole debate. So I thank you. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.”