Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are sitting here, and what is good is we are not doing health care amendments. What is bad is we are not doing any amendments. The Republicans have proffered a number of amendments. We need to do them by pairs so we can work them out. Some of them will be able to be accepted by voice vote. I expect that Senator Whitehouse's on laser use into pilots' eyes will probably be accepted by voice vote. But he may want a vote. If I were he, I would want a vote because it is so important to emphasize the issue. But we need to have Democrats--I know we have some amendments that Democrats want to offer. But they are not coming to the floor to offer those amendments. So this is my plea, through the distinguished Presiding Officer, for Democrats please to come to the floor and do their amendments. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.”