Political Quotes

Madam President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I will ask my colleagues, Senator McCain--I can give you 2\1/2\ minutes to you and Senator Chambliss. While they are going to their microphones, I want to say that they have been instrumental in trying to get a consensus bill. And they…

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the need to address entitlement reform as part of the impending fiscal cliff. I am not just going to talk about the macro issue, I am going to talk about specifics on a way that we can at least do…

Mr. President, I wanted to get the time for our side and the time for the bill sponsor's side and clarify that the people on our side would have 15 minutes. Is that correct? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The time is divided between the…