Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there is no reason we should be having this debate today. Freezing student loan interest rates for 1 year during tough economic times is something I believe we all agree on, so it should be relatively simple to accomplish. The President supports it, Governor Romney supports it, and a bipartisan majority in both the House and the Senate supports it. Given this kind of agreement, I see no reason why both sides could not have a good-faith discussion on where to find the $6 billion in savings in a government with a budget that spends nearly $2 trillion annually. Actually, we spend more than $2 trillion annually. I would mention, this bill has not been to committee. I hope the American people have noticed that bills that go to committee and then come to the floor are usually successful. I hope they also notice that bills that do not go to committee and come to the floor are usually not successful; they are usually a political statement. That is what we have here again today. This is how it works: You bring a bill that you know the other side-- well, in fact, this body has already voted on the concept of this tax before and defeated it. They know with that provision in there, this common interest will fail. So why do they do it? Well, you notice this is a motion to proceed and requires a cloture vote. So 40 of us can stop this bill, and will stop this bill in the condition it is in without having gone to committee.…”