Political Quotes

“We should note for the record that we have been working in good faith with the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the distinguished Senator from Michigan, Mr. Abraham, on reaching agreement on a unanimous consent agreement. We started working on this agreement immediately after the majority invoked cloture to proceed to the bill. And in showing our good faith, everybody on this side of the aisle voted for that, to proceed to the bill. In fact, as I recall, the vote was unanimous in this Chamber. S. 1645 is a bill that provokes strong feelings on both sides. A number of Members have expressed interest in offering amendments to this bill. In fact, on Tuesday, I say to the Senator from Oklahoma, we sent the Republican side a fairly limited list of amendments that Democrats plan to offer to the bill. Some of these amendments, such as those of the distinguished Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, were debated in committee with careful thought and consideration, I thought, on both sides of the aisle. We have not heard back from the Republican side about where we stand on the UC with the amendment list we proposed.”