Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I move on from this letter, I just have to note that, as I have said several times, 28 Democrats in the Senate today signed that letter. Twenty-seven of them changed their position. There is one signatory who didn't change their position: the Senator from West Virginia. Not only did he not change his position in that letter he signed, he has been consistent from the very beginning. He was also here in 2013 when we started down this path on the Executive Calendar. And there are differences, to be sure, between the Executive Calendar and the legislative calendar. The Senator from West Virginia is the sole signatory still in the Senate who has been consistent throughout, and I want to commend him for that. And I want to note for the record the Senator from Arizona-- apparently, the only other Democratic Senator who will oppose this maneuver--did not sign the letter in 2017 because she was not in the Senate in 2017. So, in conclusion, why are we doing all this? Why are we going down this road? Is it because this legislation is so popular, this issue is so important? You would think it was the top issue on the minds of a majority of Americans. But no, according to Gallup, only 1 percent of Americans list elections and Federal election takeovers as their top priority. Maybe the majority of Americans support the procedural maneuvering here tonight, the overturning of 200 years of Senate rules and customs--nope, wrong again.…”