Political Quotes

“we are at a continuation of a sequence of events which has resulted in a lot of delay, a lot of postponement, really reflecting these insufferable attempts to put off the Nation's business with obstruction and stalling. It is disturbing to me because we have so many issues to address in securing America's future, securing America's future in terms of security, securing America's future when it comes to looking at health care issues, education issues, securing America's prosperity as we look at competition and innovation and things we can do to invest in math and science education, and making us more competitive and creating jobs with respect to China and India. There are so many issues, many of which were outlined by the President of the United States in the State of the Union Address. Yet we are going through this stall ball, which is reflected now on the PATRIOT Act, where we have the PATRIOT Act reauthorization being filibustered by the Democrats, which started in December when we had a filibuster on the reauthorization, and the filibuster now on the motion to proceed. Now, with that continued postponement and filibuster, there is no way to complete this reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act before we go on recess. There is no way to do it using the tools of the Senate, using the tools of the filibuster. And a filibuster I can understand if you are shaping the bill or if the outcome is not absolutely predetermined.…”