Political Quotes

“I want to take a few minutes following the remarks of the majority leader to thank Chairman Enzi, the bill manager, and the whole Budget Committee for the tremendous work that has been done on this budget resolution. I also want to express my gratitude and our collective gratitude to the Budget Committee staff, who has done such heroic work to get us this far. This might well be the best and most well-run budget consideration process during my time in the Senate. Certainly, for the fact that Senator Enzi has gotten us to this point at this time of night, when typically this ends in the wee hours of the morning, I think he is to be commended. The resolution has gone through regular order from the start, working its way through the Budget Committee where amendments were considered and adopted from both sides. Chairman Enzi has been a very effective floor manager as we have been considering the budget resolution, obtaining consensus from both sides of the aisle to ensure that the Senate has considered a number of amendments in a timely fashion. That is something that is not always so common around here. I want to take a moment to note the great job the chairman has done in getting us to this point. As we all know, without a budget resolution, there will be no tax reform. This is the first step to getting us to pro-growth tax reform, which will unshackle the sleeping giant of the American economy, something from which all Americans will benefit. I yield the floor.…”