Political Quotes

“this afternoon, we will have a period for the transaction of morning business until 2 p.m. At 2 p.m. today, we will resume consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill. On Friday, we turned to the Defense bill under the provisions of the earlier consent agreement. We had six amendments offered, with one of those being adopted by voice vote. We expect further amendments and debate during today's session and, as we announced Friday, we will vote at 5:30 p.m. in relation to a Defense authorization amendment. The chairman and ranking member will be here throughout the afternoon today, and we will alert all Senators when that 5:30 p.m. rollcall vote is locked in. We expect to finish the Defense authorization bill on Tuesday or possibly Wednesday of this week, with rollcall votes each day. This week, we will also consider any of the available appropriations conference reports. The conference report to accompany the Foreign Operations bill is at the desk, and we hope to schedule that measure either today or tomorrow. We look forward to another full week of business before completing our work prior to Thanksgiving. ____________________”