Political Quotes

“today we are turning to consideration of the Department of Defense appropriations bill. Chairman Stevens and Senator Inouye are ready for Senators to come forward with their amendments. We hope to have an agreement that all first-degree amendments will be filed at the desk no later than 5 p.m. today. The Democrat leader and I were just talking to that effect, and we will continue to work for the next several minutes on that. This would enable the two managers to review--and this is very important--allow them to review the legislative language to see what amendments may be acceptable on both sides. We have been unable to lock that agreement in place at this time, but I will continue to talk with the Democrat leader to see if that would be possible. As I previously announced, there will be no rollcall votes today or tomorrow in observance of the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Any votes ordered today or tomorrow will occur at sundown on Wednesday. In all likelihood, we will be stacking votes at that time. Having said that, we will be in discussion during this period, so Members can come forward and offer their amendments. I encourage Members to come to the Senate and not wait until later in the week. We are going to finish this bill before our next recess. We are making real progress on the appropriations bills. We need to continue that process. As we all know, the fiscal year has just passed. We are working on a continuing resolution.…”