Political Quotes

“I read it while the Senator talked with Senator Schumer. This is LIHEAP, a program that has been around for decades. This is $1 billion to help people pay for the expensive cost of heating their homes. As I look at my friend, Senator Sanders, who is in the chair, what a champion of this program he is--to those in the Northeast in particular. I have to take the minority leader at his word. He says the reason he is holding everything up, he doesn't want to do any work--or do anything--because he must study this bill. If he were here now--of course, he is now gone, but Senator Kyl is here--I would say let's read this together. This is easy, almost as easy as 'Jane and John took the dog for a walk.' Yet, still, they come out here and are holding up the business of the Senate and the country. Mr. President, I say to my leaders, look, we can argue about how many angels dance on the head of a pin, but 20 million seniors are waiting for this. They were left out of the President's and the House package. I wish to say to my friend, Senator McConnell--and he is not here right now--that this matters.”