Political Quotes

read the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.

We paid out more last year on our debt, $36 trillion in debt, with $950 billion in interest going to bondholders all over the world, including in China. That $950 billion didn't go to build a bridge or an F-35. We paid more on the interest…

We should do both. I ask my colleagues to vote for this amendment. And all my colleagues who voted for this amendment in 2017 should simply vote for it again. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

Imagine that--we want to pay our military during a shutdown, including the Coast Guard. Senator Johnson came to me and said: Dan, I have a broader bill. Let's pay everybody who is required to work to keep us safe in America. I said: Great…