Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished senior Senator from Illinois for what he said. As he knows, like many Vermonters, I consider myself a responsible gun owner, but I don't think it is responsible when people are allowed to come in and buy guns with no background checks, get whatever they want, and then make a profit selling them to gangs. I don't know how anybody, any lobby or any Member of Congress, can say they can support that. I thank the Senator from Illinois for what he said. He is absolutely right. Mr. President, it has been just 2 weeks since negotiators released what can only be called a farce of a proposal to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Less than a week after it was released--without any committee action, any testimony, no recorded feedback from either proponents or opponents--the Senate majority leader filed cloture on a privileged vehicle to fast-track this bill. Gone are the promises of regular order. Gone are the pledges of an open amendment process. Instead, the Senate will now consider whether to preempt carefully considered, long-debated State laws that protect and enforce a consumer's right to know. Make no mistake: Vermont's first-in-the-Nation GE labeling law is what is under attack here. Vermont's carefully debated law is the threat that has driven millions of dollars in lobbying to the doors of the U.S. Senate.…”