Political Quotes

“I am disappointed to have to come to the Senate floor and file these cloture motions at this time. Earlier today, I had hoped we would finally make progress on the pending Internet tax access bill. Last week, I said we would be addressing the Internet tax access bill Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, which I and most people felt would be sufficient time to address this bill and allow for amendments to be debated and discussed. We did debate and vote on a relevant amendment offered by Senator Hutchison today. However, at the very first opportunity to offer an amendment from the other side of the aisle, they offered a completely nongermane amendment, which clearly is going to slow down this legislation. On Thursday, these cloture motions will be voted on. There will be two cloture votes with respect to the energy amendments, but ultimately we will have a third cloture vote and that vote will be on the underlying substitute relating to the Internet access bill. That is the vote that will determine if we will be going forward on this bill at that time.”