Political Quotes

“the annual Armed Forces authorization bill will soon be the subject of further debate in the Senate at a time to be decided upon by the distinguished majority leader in consultation with the distinguished Democratic leader. I wish to thank each of them for their long, consistent, and arduous effort to bring this bill up for what I anticipate will be a successful resolution to the bill, with final passage in this Senate in coming weeks. Senator Levin and I have been on this committee for some 27 years together. We are ready. Given that the unanimous consent was accepted by the Senate, both committee staffs are actually at this time working on amendments and other matters in preparation for the future consideration of this bill by the Senate. I urge Senators who might wish to have amendments discussed, first, to listen to the terms of the unanimous consent agreement and study those. Flexibility is given to the managers to reach a joint agreement for Members that have amendments not covered explicitly in the numerical amounts in the unanimous consent. The committee staffs are working. I urge Senators to bring to Senator Levin and myself such matters as they may be interested in, and we will do our very best to accommodate Senators. This Nation is at war. Each day we find in our hearts compassion for those we have lost, those on the battlefields today--not just in Iraq and Afghanistan but all throughout the world--and their families at home.…”