Political Quotes

“Thank you for clarification. I just wanted to make sure. Madam President, I discussed with the distinguished chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the distinguished ranking member my concerns that earlier I attempted to gain unanimous consent to modify my amendment regarding the sale of F-16s to Taiwan in order to make it germane. I was happy to do that in order to get a vote, but the chairman tells me there is an objection to that. I wished to make clear that any amendment that is offered--whether now in this list or subsequently in the managers' package or otherwise--and is being treated differently than mine is, then I am going to object to unanimous consent. Through the Chair, I would ask the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee are there any amendments on this list that were modified in order to make them germane?”