Political Quotes

“Madam President, passing legislation is difficult at any stage in American history. It is increasingly difficult when it is a 50-50 Senate. You have to work it. You have to be willing to sit down with someone from the other side of the aisle and find a cosponsor so that you have a bipartisan bill. I have seen that work. In fact, I was part of it. It was Senator Chuck Grassley and I who put together the FIRST STEP Act, which was part of prison reform--significant prison reform--in this country. Who signed the FIRST STEP Act? President Donald Trump. Soft on crime? What we did was work out something that was bipartisan, sensible, and really makes a difference, and makes certain that people currently serving in prison will one day be released--most will--and not return to crime when that happens. I think that was time well spent, but it took a bipartisan effort. I could have come to the floor every day of the week and offered my best idea on how to fight crime, but if you can't pass it on a bipartisan basis in the Senate, it doesn't work. It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of patience and compromise to make a real change in the law. Even if you think you have the best idea on Earth, you have to work at it. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Nevada. Five-Year Anniversary of Las Vegas, Nevada, Shooting”