Political Quotes

“I appreciate the comments from my two dear friends, the Senator from Iowa and the Senator from Alabama. They have been friends of mine for decades, and we have traveled and conspired together--always conspiring for the good of the country, of course. We have shared our thoughts, our philosophy, and our plans, and because we have joined together, we have better legislation. I want to add my voice to those who have spoken in support of the Omnibus appropriations bill. I spoke about it earlier this week, so I won't repeat others, but I want the American people to understand the importance of what we are doing. Only Chairwoman Mikulski could have said it as well as she did. This compromised bill represents the end of--and hopefully for a long time-- ``shutdown, slowdown, slamdown politics.'' If I spoke for an hour, I would not say it as well as the senior Senator from Maryland did. It shows that the people here want to govern. When they have had enough of political stunts and are no longer intimidated by extremists, they can work together to get it done. Chairwoman Mikulski, Ranking Member Shelby, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member Lowey made it possible for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to do what we all do if we are given the chance. Democrats and Republicans come together and we forge agreements. Two days ago I spoke about the portions of this omnibus bill that fund the Department of State and foreign operations.…”