Political Quotes

“very briefly, in response, we have had a very productive week. As I set out really 2 weeks ago, and again last Friday and Monday, I agreed that we would work hard every day this week and we would consider relevant amendments, and we would consider amendments that may not be considered relevant on both sides of the aisle, and we have indeed considered germane amendments that really pertain to and are germane to the bill, and nongermane amendments. It is a matter of definition. We have done just that on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We have reached the end of the week, having cast votes on a number of amendments and accepted others, working together. I, too, congratulate the managers for working together and moving this bill forward. At this juncture, we plan on filing cloture tomorrow, and that means we will still, once cloture is obtained--I hope it is obtained--we still will be considering germane amendments to the underlying bill. We have had a productive week and considered a lot of amendments. Although there is some disagreement about the best approach, I want to bring this to a close. We will have amendments in the early part of next week and they will be germane amendments.”