Political Quotes

“And I appreciate your friendship. You did mention something else about, there is no objection on your side. Well, about 2 hours ago, when we got this whirlwind or this dustup going again, when our distinguished leader pointed out that we have a good bill, and it is a bipartisan bill, and now we are talking about the footprint that the airlines--the carbon footprint, that we have to take a look at that, and on the boards of these corporations, we want to investigate whether they are truly diverse, et cetera, et cetera, and something about the Green New Deal. That is not pertinent to this particular situation, to say the least. Then when you said an objection, here is what I am worried about: We had the Democratic leader, whom I have known from his House days--we used to play basketball together, for goodness' sake, both of us very slow. What I was doing on the court at my age, I have no idea. My job was to set blind-side picks on Democrats, which I enjoy, one of whom was Chuck Schumer. But here we have the Democratic leader--Susan Collins, sitting right here, stood up to be recognized, and there were three objections to her even talking? That is going back to the days we really don't want to go back to. This is not the Senate I came to 24 years ago or, for that matter, the House 16 years ago or as a staff director for 12 before that and 2 before that in the Senate. I mean, I have been around here for quite a while. And these are not the worst of times.…”