Political Quotes

“I think we probably would, and that is why I brought it up, and I look forward to that. We are hear to talk about the rule for the waters of the United States undertaken by the EPA. When I started working this afternoon and preparing myself for what I would say to try to make my point and express myself, I listened at 3 p.m. to the speech by Senator Ben Sasse from Nebraska. Today he made his maiden speech on the floor of the Senate. Because I had an important appointment to get to, I do know exactly how long he spoke. He spoke for 27 minutes--because that is how late I was for my appointment. But his speech was so good and so important and it affected so much this rule of the waters of the United States that I wanted to include it in my remarks tonight. What Senator Sasse said very simply is this: In his 1 year in the U.S. Senate, observing the Senate and how it operates, how we all operate, he went back to his constituents and spoke to them. One thing he talked about is how we are moving more and more toward the government of an executive branch and a judicial branch and moving away from the legislative branch. We have administrations like the current administration which is trying to enforce the law through administrative rules and executive orders, not through legislation. He didn't just point out that being a Democratic situation, it is Republican as well.…”