Political Quotes

“I ask the distinguished leader, who came to this body following an earlier distinguished career in the House, is he aware of the overwhelming vote in the House today for basically the principles that are incorporated in the Byrd-Warner amendment? The vote was 264 to 140-some, something along in there. I think that is a clear indication that the people in the United States of America want, first, participation by the coequal branch, i.e., the Congress; and, secondly, for us to address this matter in a responsible way before we shovel out $2 billion more for this type of operation.”