Political Quotes

“I have looked at both of the histories that have been discussed. One of them is the budget. The failure of the budget to not have a conference committee did not stop the Appropriations Committee from going through and doing 12 appropriations bills. I think that is what I count on the calendar that could have been brought up. There was only the one brought up. The Senator has said, appropriately, that in committee there ought to be some amendments, but on the floor there were none. What we have spent a lot of time on around the body this year is try to negotiate how few amendments would be brought up. That has taken longer than it would have taken to vote on the whole issue. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the article from the Eagle Tribune. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Eagle Tribune, Oct. 8, 2013] `Gestapo' Tactics Meet Senior Citizens at Yellowstone (By John Macone) Newburyport.--Pat Vaillancourt went on a trip last week that was intended to showcase some of America's greatest treasures. Instead, the Salisbury resident said she and others on her tour bus witnessed an ugly spectacle that made her embarrassed, angry and heartbroken for her country. Vaillancourt was one of thousands of people who found themselves in a national park as the federal government shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1.…”