Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am an institutionalist. I believe in this place. I love this place. People don't always like the rules or how they are interpreted, how they are administered, but the rules have historically differentiated the Senate from any other legislative body in the world, and I believe in that. But what Senator Warren did earlier tonight was not over the line. And here we are worrying about decorum and rule XIX, which says that ``No Senator in debate shall . . . impute to another Senator . . . any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.'' And let's be really clear here. This would not be a problem if Senator Sessions were not a Senator. In other words, anytime a Senator is nominated for a Cabinet position, you can be as positive as you want, but if you want to be as tough on a Senator who has been nominated as we have been on Rex Tillerson or Betsy DeVos, you run the risk of breaking the rules. Now let's pause a moment to understand how divorced from reality this is. While debating Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General, Elizabeth Warren crossed an invisible line, and a rule almost never used was invoked. The rule was not invoked when somebody called another Member a cancer. The rule was not invoked when somebody called another Member a liar. Now, this is ridiculous, but it is actually not the main point. Here is the point. Lots of people--almost everybody in the world--everybody in this country does not have the luxury of worrying about decorum.…”