Political Quotes

“I think it is clear. We are seeing in essence a stonewalling of the bill on the other side, an important bill that is of national security. There are four amendments--the Kyl-Cornyn amendment is the official amendment. We are being denied an up-or-down vote. The next one is Isakson; we are ready to vote on that. The next one is Dorgan; we are ready to vote on that. The next one is Mikulski; we are ready to vote on that. We are ready to vote on all four of those. What it sounds like to me is that the Democratic leader wants to pick our amendments and then we will consider and we will think about it, knowing--knowing--that we have Tuesday night, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to complete this bill. We are making no progress whatsoever because they are not allowing us to vote on amendments in the order that they are there. So it is apparent to me--and I agree, we will let the managers work on it, but it is apparent to me that the Democrats are not serious about passing a bill that affects the security of this Nation.”