Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, first, let me thank the Senator from Florida for doing such great work, along with Senator Merkley and others, on this incredibly important piece of legislation. We are going to be able in a few moments to speak together, Republicans and Democrats, on our commitment to ending genocide in China. I want to thank the Senator for working with me to make sure that, as part of his unanimous consent request, we are going to be able to make sure we have personnel in place to properly implement this policy. We have dozens of State Department and Department of Defense nominees pending on this floor--more so than we have ever had at the end of a first-term, first-year Presidency--and we will, hopefully before we leave--we have to, before we leave, make substantial progress on this list in order to adequately protect our country. At the very least, as we put forward this important new policy, it does make sense to accompany it and its passage with three key personnel who will be in charge of implementing it. I believe we are going to be able to modify this request in the following manner. I would formally ask Senator Rubio to modify this request that he has made to include the following request. Unanimous Consent Agreement”