“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.”
“This President needs guardrails, not a blank check”
“I cannot vote to fund an illegal war with no justification, no set goal, and no exit strategy.”
“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
“Federal investment like this can transform lives and economies.”
“Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.”

Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
I intend to make the motion to table, and I do not want to vote on that motion at the present time because I want to accommodate the leaders on both sides who have been called down to the White House and cannot return until 6:30. I want to protect them. May I say to the distinguished Senator, he really accomplishes nothing by making an objection. We are simply delaying action on this very important bill, and we must complete action on this bill this evening in order to go to conference tomorrow, in order to bring back a conference report tomorrow night or Friday, in order to fully act on those conference reports in both Houses, in order that the bill may go to the President for his signature by Friday.
Said by
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Senator Byrd is discussing the urgency of passing a bill before a conference meeting.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Harry Flood Byrd

Apr 13, 1994

Mr. President, the legislation before the Senate today proposes to set aside more than 6.6 million acres of land in California as wilderness or national parks. The objective of the legislation is to protect the desert ecosystem of southern…

govinfo.gov
Apr 21, 1994

However, in this particular instance, I voted against the bill when it passed the Senate. I do not believe that I stated my reasons for objecting to it on that occasion. Therefore, I am opposed to the conference report. There will be no…

govinfo.gov
Feb 23, 1994

if I may take a couple minutes before my friend from New York leaves the floor, I congratulate him, I salute him, I greatly admire him. I think he has contributed enormously to the debate, and I look forward to the hour and the day when he…

govinfo.gov
Mar 11, 1994

for many Americans, Washington is a nucleus of Byzantine plots and national political legerdemain, of scenarios hatched in smoke-filled rooms and of sinister conspiracies nightmared to life behind closed doors. Be that as it may…

govinfo.gov
View all Harry Flood Byrd quotes

Other voices in this conversation