Political Quotes

“I am disappointed that we did not invoke cloture on the asbestos reform bill. As I have said numerous times in recent days, this is an important issue, an issue we are not going to give up on. It is too important to the American people. It is an issue with victims, with veterans, with all people who are affected by asbestos. It would be a great disservice just to drop this issue; therefore, we are not going to drop it. We have devoted now more than 300 days trying to work out the details of this bill, which I do believe is more than adequate time to reach consensus. Thus, later today, the Democratic leader and I--we have been in discussion over the course of the morning--will be discussing on the Senate floor a possible method of moving these discussions forward with the stakeholders over the next several days and possibly weeks. I am confident we can make progress on this important issue, that we can move the stakeholders to a final agreement.”