Political Quotes

“I appreciate those comments. As I mentioned, we started on the Energy bill on May 6. We had 12 days of consideration on the floor of the Senate. The bill was marked up prior to that. I have tried to lay this out from the outset recognizing that we are going to address the bill--and we spent 12 days on it--during the last week of this month so we can plan, so we can get amendments considered and get the list down to a manageable number. The reason I come to the floor every day is that I want to encourage Members on both sides of the aisle to focus on this right now. I get this feeling and sense that people are going to say we are going too fast and we are running out of time. That is the only reason I stress this in just about every other statement and in every meeting. I think everybody understands that and is working. But I do want to complete this bill. We are setting adequate time to do that. If we can come to some sort of agreement by midweek next week as to what amendments we will be looking at, it will be hugely helpful.”