Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, this request just came to us moments ago. This is the first time we have seen this request, and I cannot speak to the merits of this bill or the problems that may exist. What I do know is that 42 Senators from this side of the aisle have signed a letter to say that what we ought to do and what we need to do is to find a way to fund the government and prevent a tax hike on every American come January 1. Mr. President, some of these requests may have bipartisan support, but we don't know anything about the specific legislation as we have just received this request. I think almost every bill in this package of requests that we are going to be considering now is still in committee, so we don't even know if the ranking member of that committee has concerns or potential changes. This is not the way to handle this. This is December; it is a lameduck session. Let's stop the theater and get to the business we all know we need to address. I object.”