Political Quotes

“I did not come to the floor for the purpose of discussing this issue, but having listened to this discussion, I do want to remark on the bizarre nature of an argument which emphasized so strongly the outrage of the last three Senators in not being permitted to debate an issue which they were, of course, debating, on which they will place an amendment, when each of those three Senators has been visibly engaged in the last 4 weeks in preventing the Senate from voting on an appropriations bill for the District of Columbia with all of the positive impact that has on poor people, law enforcement, and education in the District, and by foolishly engaging at the same time in filibustering an attempt to bring to conclusion--to extend and bring to conclusion--the Whitewater investigation. We have not been permitted to debate these issues on their merits or to vote on their merits. For the life of me, I do not understand how that differs from the objection they are making today, particularly since they will, of course, be able to bring up such an amendment and have a debate on it.”