Political Quotes

“in brief response, as I outlined, we are ready pretty soon to go to the PATRIOT Act. I agree, the negotiations which have taken place under the leadership of the Presiding Officer have gone smoothly, and I think we are going to have an overwhelming vote in the Senate. The House, through their leadership, has expressed support, as I believe the administration has. So I do wish to make a request of our colleagues that although there are procedural hoops which we can be made to jump through, I don't think it is in the best interests of the American people to unduly delay this important bill that essentially, at least by statements today, is going to have overwhelmingly, strong support. We do have a lot to do this week, and we will use the time as effectively and efficiently as possible. But if we keep having delays such as people coming back tonight to vote on motions to instruct, on which we could argue as to how useful that actually is, or we have too many procedural roadblocks based on this bill, it is going to be impossible for us to move ahead and move the country forward when we have so much important legislation. So I think we can complete all of our business this week, but it is going to take a lot of cooperation on both sides of the aisle not to throw too many procedural roadblocks in front of us. I yield the floor. ____________________”