Political Quotes

“Mr. President, you see some of my colleagues are down here. We are a little bit fired up. Right? And this is not some kind of partisan game. We are fired up for a reason--that the U.S. Senate is getting ready to confirm a nominee who has no business being even considered on the Senate floor. No business being considered on the Senate floor. And with all due respect to my colleague from Montana, this isn't-- what did he say--attacks against somebody. These are facts that we are going to talk about. These are facts--someone who is still continuing to not even tell the truth about her past as a violent ecoterrorist. Now, look, we know this administration has put forth far-left individuals. I am going to talk about a few. But to put forward a far- left, violent nominee--I think we all should recognize--is kind of a bridge too far for the U.S. Senate. But that is happening right now, and I am really hopeful that at least some of my Democratic colleagues, at the last minute, will go: Maybe we shouldn't do this. Maybe we shouldn't set this standard. So I have been on the floor a number of times talking about Tracy Stone-Manning's nomination. It is actually the first time in my Senate career that I asked the President to withdraw a nominee, and for good reasons--because of all the things you have heard from my colleagues from Wyoming, Idaho; colleagues from mostly Western States.…”