Political Quotes

“there is one fundamental flaw in what you have just heard from Senator Kennedy, and let me read it to you: The United States retains the right to refuse to purchase special drawing rights from any [country]. It is voluntary--it is up to us to do it--and we don't purchase them from a lot of countries because of that. Let me tell you further that all we can do is stop the special drawing rights which are providing our currency to countries to buy vaccines. Why do we care whether some country far away had a vaccine? Well, how far away was Wuhan, China? We have to be in this together to try to put an end to this pandemic crisis. Vote to defeat the Kennedy amendment. Vote on Amendment No. 1710 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.”