Political Quotes

“for the last 24 hours, we have dealt with an issue that centers around the Vitter bill and the proposal to appropriately be able to modify, increase the amounts of loans and loan programs. We have struggled to come to the point we have today, which maximizes our likelihood, having just passed the Vitter bill, to get language to the House of Representatives before they leave today so that we can respond to the very real needs of the local communities in New Orleans. We have been working actually for about 10 days on the specific issue of being able to support local government, law enforcement, and hospitals. The step we just took in passing the Vitter bill maximizes our chance today of getting a bill to the House, which we will do, of having the House address it in the next few hours, and having this relief being made available to the people of New Orleans. There have been a lot of suggestions in terms of language and changes in words, all of which is fine, and some of the language is even very reasonable in terms of the language itself, but after discussions with Republican leadership, the administration having fully vetted the language that is in the Vitter bill, I strongly believe that this gives us the best chance to respond to the very real needs of the people of New Orleans. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.”