Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will yield for a question after I am through talking. When there is a statement, in effect, of ``I want everything to be done now or there will be nothing done at all,'' do you know what happens? Every single time that argument is made and that position is taken, nothing happens. Nothing happens. That is what people hate about Washington, DC, and when they look at C-SPAN, if they do look at C- SPAN, and see these debates. It is everything or nothing. The Democratic leader, who has now objected to the unanimous consent request to take up and pass a bill that he has called good and well- intentioned and has said is not large, has objected to it. I think the only people who would be rejoicing at this very moment would be the very same people who are gaming the patent system and who are keeping the out-of-pocket prices of prescription drugs high for seniors. Those are the people who are popping champagne corks right now because this is nothing more than a big, wet kiss for the people who are gaming the patent system right now to the detriment of the American people.”