Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to make it clear that the amendment that has just been talked about is not the only one that is not getting a vote that is absolutely essential to making this bill work--the amendments the American people expect. There was some comment about the Brownback amendment. That is one to allow automobile dealers to still sell automobiles, which they may not be able to do under this bill the way it is written. Another concern, of course, comes from anybody else who sells something on installment. That would include dentists and realtors and a whole range of people who sell things that way, and they are not going to be allowed to get a fix under this bill. So I want you to understand how wide-ranging this bill is. This is going to get into everybody's pockets. I am not talking about businesses; I am talking about individuals. The dadgum government is going to be in everybody's pockets with this bill. This gives the government permission to look at your records. In fact, it requires your bank to keep them and send them to the Federal Government--to this new bureau we are creating. This little 1,408-page bill, which with amendments I think is now over 1,500 pages, probably should have been three bills. It probably should have been three bills. We could have worked it properly, and maybe people would have read it. The Republicans did stop cloture twice, and they did it so they could amend the too big to fail.…”