Political Quotes

“As I said when I was joined by you and Senator Collins in our brief press conference this afternoon, the resolution we currently anticipate will not be filed formally at the desk until the State of the Union is completed tomorrow and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee works its will on a resolution which is pending before it, authored by the chairman, Senator Biden, and Senator Hagel of Nebraska and other Senators who have joined in that resolution. As that resolution works its way through the Foreign Relations Committee, we, the three of us who have worked on this resolution, will take an examination of what is sent to the floor for purposes of floor consideration, and at that time I anticipate we could indicate to the Senate a desire that our resolution be considered as a substitute resolution and therefore an alternative to the resolution that will be reported out from the Foreign Relations Committee. That is what we stated today, and it is my intention to continue to work along in that vein because my motivation solely is to do what is in the best interests of the United States of America, and most particularly the men and women of the Armed Forces at this very pivotal time in the history of our Nation's commitment to Iraq, considering the President's plan.”