Political Quotes

“We started this session of Congress, I think, on a fairly high note of bipartisanship. While there have been some recent events that may have detracted from that, I think most of us would like to proceed with as much bipartisanship as possible. Part of this, of course, concerns relationships between the Congress and the President. Since the majority in the Senate and the President are of different parties, that may be a little more difficult, but I have a suggestion today which I hope will enable us to move in that direction. The President has a number of nominees, executive branch nominees, there are a few legislative branch nominees that require our actions, and then there are some judicial nominees. I hope in a real spirit of bipartisanship we can get those nominees cleared; that is to say, the Senate can confirm the President's nominations and the personnel that he needs in the executive branch to get his work done, and that we can confirm the judges the courts need. These are people who need to be put into place so our country can move forward for all of the American people.”