Political Quotes

“I urge Senators to support my motion to waive. Were this to fail and the Budget Act is not waived, the entire Defense authorization conference report will fail. Conferees will have to be appointed for a new conference. The Senate will appoint conferees and send the bill back to the House. The House will appoint conferees and a new conference will have to be convened. A new conference report will then have to be passed by both the House and the Senate. We will have opportunities next year to readdress this problem. I close by saying, with all due respect to my dear friend from Nebraska, this is the living proof which says for the rest of your life, if you serve a minimum of 20 years active Federal service, you earn your retirement. That is a commitment that has been made by this Nation since World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and continues to be made today. Now it is the obligation of the Senate to confirm the credibility of this country and to give to these people what they have earned rightly.”