Political Quotes

“in addition to that, I know everybody is concerned about travel plans and when we are going to leave. I have been very clear throughout that we have business to do. This is the last legislative effort before we leave for Christmas, but it is also important that we recognize we still have four conference reports that are open that we are waiting to bring and take to the floor. So I encourage our colleagues to try to close those reports as soon as possible. Again, there are four that are outstanding. In addition, I made it very clear that we are going to address the PATRIOT Act legislation before we leave. There are good discussions underway. I know those discussions were continuing late into last night. I encourage all of our colleagues to understand the importance of that legislation. We want to get it right and make sure that it is in good shape to bring to the floor, but we do need to address that before we leave. Terrorism reinsurance, TRIA, is another issue that is coming along well. It is very important legislation, and there has been a lot of work, but we need to actually bring that to the floor as soon as possible. We have a number of nominations that are being considered, and we will have to make certain decisions on those over the next 24 hours.…”