Political Quotes

“Once again, Mr. President, I appreciate the courtesy of the Senator from Oklahoma and the leadership of the Senator from Missouri. We are going to continue to raise this issue, and with the same kind of relentlessness the Senator from Oklahoma raises on public spending. I hope he continues making some progress. I look forward to joining him on some of his efforts, and I hope this list of now 59 Senators will include many Members from both sides. It seems to me to make good common sense. With that, Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri is recognized. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I listened to my colleague from Oklahoma, and I understand it is difficult to listen to any of us put motives on something when we don't know what the reason is, and ascribing motives is unfair when you don't know. But sometimes my experience as a mother pops up in my brain, and I think of my kids when they were little--and especially as they became teenagers--and I remember one time catching one of my kids. He had sneaked out of the house at night in the dark. I caught him and I said: You know, you are in big trouble, buster. He said: Well, mom, I wasn't doing anything wrong. We just walked around the block. We weren't doing anything you would get mad about. We weren't drinking, we weren't smoking, we weren't chasing down girls. We just walked around the block.…”