Political Quotes

“in the morning we will work toward passage of the immigration bill. We have our final amendment list lined up. We will likely debate the amendments and stack them together very early in the afternoon. I do anticipate passage of the bill by early afternoon following those votes. Following passage of this comprehensive immigration bill, we will proceed to the cloture vote on the Kavanaugh nomination. I filed cloture the night before last. We are attempting to reach a time agreement on the Hayden nomination. I feel strongly we need to complete action on the Hayden nomination before we leave. It is an important position, General Hayden being the right man for this position at a very important time in our history. We also have the Portman nomination for OMB and the Schwab nomination at the USTR to clear this week, as well. It is my goal to reach an agreement with the other side of the aisle as to when we might be able to bring him to the Senate. Finally, I mention that I filed a cloture motion on the nomination of our former colleague, Dirk Kempthorne, to be Secretary of the Interior. I have tried over the course of the day, to no avail, to be able to bring that to a vote and was unable to do so with an objection on the other side of the aisle. I have filed cloture tonight. This vote will occur on Friday. We end Wednesday, at a late hour, having had a very productive day today, very productive day yesterday, really, this whole week.…”