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Absolutely boggles my mind that we cannot come to a compromise on the debt
ceiling issue that is so critical to the financial markets and the average American
citizen. There have been many, many good ideas
brought forward, but now is the time where we have to realize
that we've got to come to an agreement.
The American people want us
to come to an agreement. Congress
is split.
We have a majority of Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House
therefore
we're not going to get
everything that any one of us believes is right;
and certainly we're not going to get the Boehner plan
in the Senate.
And frankly, Madame President, both parties have to find a way out.
It takes three things to pass a bill in Washington.
It takes the House of Representatives, it takes the Senate, and it take the White House
for a bill to become law.
My party, the Republican party, controls one of those.
Our friends on the other side control the other two.
So how do any of us think we're going to get everything we want in this
environment? But, we have to work toward the right result. So I hope that
as we proceed into this week, and the days are numbered
here,
that we will get a piece of legislation on the floor the United
States Senate that can secure
the sixty votes that are necessary for us to avoid having to meet that trigger next
week. So, I hope that the spirit of today and of tomorrow and of Sunday
is that we spend less time
plotting
about how we can
defeat each others proposals as quickly as possible, and more time
working together
to
come up with ways to
reduce spending on honor our obligations.