Political Quotes

“I have a separate bill. It has not come to us from the House, but it should have bipartisan support. I ask unanimous consent that the Rules Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1247; that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that the bill be read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. McCONNELL. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). Objection is heard. The majority leader. Business Before the Senate Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, for the information of all of our colleagues, I want to provide an update on the remaining items the Senate needs to complete before we adjourn for the August State work period. Here is what we need to accomplish before Members depart next week: We need to confirm well-qualified nominees to two open positions of utmost importance--the Deputy Secretary of Defense and our Ambassador to the U.N. These jobs are important, the nominees are impressive, and we need to confirm David Norquist and Kelly Craft next week. Obviously, we need to pass the bipartisan funding agreement that President Trump's negotiating team worked out with Speaker Pelosi. The House will pass it today. The President is strongly in support of it. The Senate needs to pass it and put it on the President's desk next week.…”