Political Quotes

“I want to open by congratulating the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and ranking member and all committee members for the outstanding work they have done in bringing this resolution to the floor in a very timely manner. It was a little over a month ago that the President of the United States transmitted his proposed budget to the Congress, and the Budget Committee, under real time constraints, was able to hold hearings and debate, mark up, and report its own congressional budget plan and bring it to the floor last Thursday evening. My experience with budget resolutions on the Senate floor tells me that it will become very hectic, really beginning today and tomorrow and the next day--over the next 3 days. There is a limited amount of time, as we all know. There are 27 hours remaining for debate on that resolution as of this morning. That time will end up passing very quickly, particularly when we have a recess sitting on the other end awaiting completion of this resolution. As I mentioned earlier, we will complete this budget resolution this week before the recess.”