Political Quotes

“in a few minutes we will resume debate on the Transportation, Treasury, and HUD appropriations bill. We had a full day yesterday, with amendments being offered and voted on and, therefore, we made very good progress. I believe the two managers are looking to wrap up the bill soon, and it is possible we could complete action on the bill during today's session. I strongly believe we can do just that. We have several Senators coming to the floor this morning to discuss their amendments, and I hope the two managers can work with the amendment sponsors or schedule those amendments for votes. Senators should expect votes throughout the course of the day. As I mentioned all week, if we cannot finish the bill today, we will be voting on the bill tomorrow. But I would encourage people to allow us to finish today. We will have done, after we complete this bill, 11 appropriations bills. I thank once again Chairman Thad Cochran for his tremendous leadership, as well as his entire committee, in leading forth on these appropriations bills. We do have one remaining bill, the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, and I plan on going to that bill following the completion of the Transportation-Treasury bill. I thank my colleagues for the progress we have made over the course of the week, and on all these appropriations bills. ____________________”