Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to briefly join my colleagues in explaining some of my concerns, first of all, about the process by which we are taking up something as important as a treaty with regard to nuclear arms. Of course, this is the second part of a two-part constitutional process. The President sent this treaty to the Senate, along with a transmittal letter dated May 13, 2010, and here we are on December 16, shortly before the Christmas holidays and adjournment, taking up a treaty as important as this. Of course, under article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution, a treaty cannot be ratified without the vote of at least two-thirds of the Members of the Senate. I know everyone--whether they are for this treaty, whether they are against this treaty, whether they are merely questioning some aspects of the treaty and are perhaps seeking to make some modifications--I believe everyone is approaching this issue with the kind of seriousness and gravity that should be required of a Senator approaching something this serious. But I have to make this observation: Here we are, as I said, on December 16, 2 days--2 days--after having dropped on us a 1,924-page Omnibus appropriations bill which calls for the Federal Government to spend an additional $1.2 trillion.…”