Political Quotes

“Madam President, just for the interest of all Senators, we are looking at some amendments which hopefully we can vote on tonight or early in the morning. It is one of those surprises to the American people that we are on a water infrastructure bill that deals with building absolutely necessary flood control projects and making sure our commerce can move through our ports--and we have money to deepen the channels and make sure our ports are working; they take those imports, they get those exports; it all works; critical infrastructure--and the first two Republican amendments are about guns. Let me say it again. We are working on a critical infrastructure bill, and the first two Republican amendments are not about jobs, not about business, not about commerce--about guns. So we will deal with that. We will deal with those amendments. But I think the American people have to listen. When our colleagues on the other side of the aisle get up and talk about the economy, straight from the heart: This economy is not creating enough jobs, oh, my goodness, the first two amendments they offer on a critical infrastructure bill--that is so critical to business that the chamber of commerce has endorsed it, that every business that is involved in construction has endorsed it, that every worker organization has endorsed it, the National Governors Association has endorsed it--the first two amendments are not about jobs, they are not about commerce; they are about guns.…”