Political Quotes

“this morning, following the 1-hour period of morning business, we will resume debate on the Defense appropriations bill. Yesterday afternoon, we locked in an agreement which requires all first-degree amendments to be filed at the desk no later than 10:30 this morning. Senators Stevens and Inouye will be here and be able to determine which amendments can be agreed to on both sides. Senators are expected to come to the Senate today and offer their amendments to the Defense bill. I hope Members will take advantage of today's session and not postpone and delay until later in the week. Although we will not be voting today, the Senate can debate those amendments, and stacked votes begin tomorrow evening. I expect we will have multiple votes tomorrow evening in relation to the amendments on the Defense bill. We will finish this bill prior to adjourning for next week's recess. We will be voting on Friday of this week. Again, we have not voted on very many Fridays over the last 8 months, but we will be voting on Friday this week. We are also trying to reach consent agreements for consideration of the pensions bill which the Democrat leader and I were just talking about, a very important bill, and we are in the final stages of preparation of that bill. Once that is available, we will do our best as leadership to bring that to the Senate in a timely fashion.…”