Political Quotes

“Senate Joint Resolution 22 does not advance the administration of justice and is not authorized by the independent counsel law. I believe it an inappropriate effort to subvert the independent counsel process. We spent 4 days debating this. We have yet to confirm one single judge. We may possibly have a vote on a nominee to one of the almost 100 Federal judge vacancies before we go on our second vacation. We have not had 1 minute of debate on a budget resolution. We have not had 1 minute of debate on the chemical weapons treaty. We have not had 1 minute of debate on the juvenile crime bill. But we spent 4 days on this. I would have thought that the day the President leaves for an international summit with the President of Russia would not be an appropriate time for attacking the President. I would have thought it a time for coming together to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Democrats and Republicans can work together and can at least show support for the President of the United States as he pursues the interests of the United States in his meetings with the President of Russia. That is the way we have always done it. In my 22 years here, under the majority leadership of Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Baker, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Dole, we have always, always followed the rule that we do not bring something onto the floor of this Senate attacking the President of the United States as he is about to go into a summit.”