Political Quotes

“Again, one final comment. I know the Presiding Officer is a new Member as well. This is one of those moments when there has been a year and a half of bipartisan work that has gone on, when there seems to be a commonality of interest in what the goals of financial reform are. I don't know about the Presiding Officer, I don't know about my friend from Colorado, but I never got the memo that said our job wasn't actually to get stuff done. There were legitimate, major policy differences in the health care discussion. But in this discussion, there are things that need to be worked out, but the goals we have all agreed on. The bipartisan working groups have been at it for more than a year. I implore my colleagues from the other side of the aisle... let us get the people's business done.”