Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Delaware for his very forceful articulation of the reason for this resolution. Again, I repeat what was said by the President today: ``Just remember what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.'' Continually, the topic of election interference is being muddied and being further clarified and then further muddied. That is why it is important for this body to stand up and say: We know what happened, and we don't want it to happen again. That is what this resolution is all about. The Senator who objected noted that we have a lot to do in Congress and we can't waste our time with resolutions like this. If this simply passes, it is done. We have stated what we came here to state. But as it stands now, since it has been objected to, we will bring it back. So if we are really concerned about the agenda for the rest of the year, let's simply agree to it and let the intelligence community know that we stand with them. That is what we are doing here. Why object to it? There is not one sentence in here, not one word that says anything about whether the election interference by the Russians was dispositive, if it had any impact on the election. That is not implied in any way by this resolution. It simply states what is obvious, what the Senator who objected acknowledged, which has been repeated again and again by this body, by the House Intelligence Committee, and by every intelligence agency that we have.…”