Political Quotes

“all I am asking for in raising this point of order--the tax extender legislation will reduce revenues below the fiscal year 2016 budget agreement and would violate section 311. All I am asking for is to separate the votes. If you are proud and you want to vote for the extender, please do so. Voting no on this separates it, so you will have a vote on the extenders and a vote on the omnibus bill. Go home and explain it. There are good things in both. But give us a chance--basically, those who don't agree--and do not take the cowardly way out by putting them all into one. That is all we are doing. If Tom Brokaw writes his new book after ``The Greatest Generation,'' we are going to be the worst generation by saddling this debt on our children and grandchildren. What we are doing here is something unconscionable--2,200 pages all wrapped into one. All I am asking for is a ``no'' vote so we can separate it, go home, and explain it. I think we owe that to the people. We are at 16 percent now. We can't go much lower, but we are trying, I know that. So I appreciate that very much. I encourage a ``no'' vote on this. We will separate the two, vote them up or down, go home and explain them, and be proud of what we are doing in the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.”