Political Quotes

“Tomorrow we will resume statements on the nomination of John Roberts, those statements having begun at about 1 o'clock today. Moments ago we locked in a time certain for the vote on the confirmation of the Roberts nomination, and that vote is now set for Thursday morning at 11:30 a.m. I do ask all Senators to be in the Chamber and seated at their desks on this historic day for this historic vote. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning will be devoted to continued statements on Judge Roberts. Now that the final vote is set, I encourage Members to come over early for their statements rather than waiting until Thursday morning. In talking to the Democratic leader, in all likelihood, as we look to later this week, we will be voting on Friday. I make that statement recognizing that we are going to complete this Thursday morning, and we plan on going directly to the Department of Defense appropriations bill. Over the course of this session, we have not voted on a lot of Fridays, but now we are going to have to begin voting on Fridays. I wish to give people notification on both sides of the aisle given the fact that we have so much business going on and, in such a short period of time, so much to do. We will give Members as much advance notice as possible, but I do want to notify people that we will be voting on this Friday. ____________________”