David Perdue: “as an outsider to this process, one of the first realizations was that, as I got here, things don't always move in a…”

“as an outsider to this process, one of the first realizations was that, as I got here, things don't always move in a linear fashion from point A to point B. Many times, the people who are trying to move an issue from point A to point B aren't interested in getting to point B. I would like to talk tonight about one of those issues. I think we have a situation here where both sides in this body--and I dare say in the House--pretty much want the same thing, but I am afraid politics have gotten involved to where we are focusing more on the differences of what we might hope for than on what we agree upon. That is a shame because not only do we put a great confusion on these issues that I will talk about tonight, but we lose the confidence of the American people that we can even govern up here. Last year, this President wanted to focus on getting the economy going. He wanted to focus on energy. He wanted to focus on regulations. He wanted to focus on taxes. Check the boxes. We did that. I believe we are seeing some of the early manifestations of that in the economy now, where 123 businesses just announced at the end of the year, year-end bonuses related to this tax bill that we passed last year. That is an example of where we can get together and make things happen. I was in the Chair last night presiding over an hour and listening to conversations about a topic that I believe is very critical to where we are today.…”