Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am very much appreciative of the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Nevada having this very important discussion. Washington tends to operate inside a bubble where one can easily forget just how much Main Street America is hurting economically, how many Americans feel their rights are being threatened, and how many fear we are not going to leave behind a better country for our children. That is why it is so important we stay connected to our constituents. It is why I travel home almost every weekend, hold telephone and online townhalls from my Washington office, and try to read my mail, which is so very important. In a recent townhall I answered some difficult questions on the issues we are facing as a nation. However, one of the toughest questions that was posed was not about a specific policy issue. Instead, it was when I was asked: How do we fix the mess in Washington? I answered, in part, that transparency and accountability would go a long way to restoring faith in Washington. That was before the Benghazi controversy escalated. Then news of the IRS scandal broke. Almost immediately after that we learned the Department of Justice had obtained the private phone records of dozens of Associated Press reporters. This is the opposite of what we need to do to fix the problems in Washington. These scandals move us in the wrong direction.…”