Political Quotes

“we have had a good process to this point on the immigration bill. I thank the bill managers for their hard work. We are now, as I outlined this morning, in our final week prior to our recess. We have a lot of legislative and executive items we need to complete before that recess. Therefore, in a moment, I will be filing cloture on the immigration bill to ensure we will complete action before the Memorial Day recess, by the end of this week. In doing so I hope we can still have a fair process and continue to work through amendments. There are a number of germane amendments that may be in order postcloture. I hope Senators will have the opportunity to have votes on them. Having said that, we also have a lengthy list of important executive nominations that I will be discussing with the Democratic leader. It is my hope we can reach time agreements on these so we can schedule those nominations for votes this week, as well. One of the nominations we will consider is the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be a U.S. circuit court judge. I understand we would not be able to reach a time limit for that nomination for this week. Therefore, it is my intention to file cloture on that nomination, as well. Cloture Motion I now send a cloture motion to the desk on the comprehensive immigration bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.…”