Political Quotes

“For planning purposes, because people are asking how long we will be around, we are really having to take this an hour at a time. The plans remain, as the Democratic leader and I have said all week, we will complete this bill. We are going to deal with FSC/ETI, the jobs manufacturing bill, and we will complete Homeland Security appropriations before we leave. We have been fairly clear about the schedule, and everyone has worked very hard, but it means we will stay here until we finish. So we will be here tonight, tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday, or whenever we complete our work. I don't know how long that will take. Everyone knows what the bills are. We have again and again asked for people to focus on the bills. Members have done a very good job. People are very tired. Rather than break and spend all next week or even the week after that, we have decided to go straight through. We know what the business is. The objectives are as I said. And we will again--it is late tonight--we will start early tomorrow morning, and we will complete business before we leave. No more rollcall votes tonight.”