Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent after Senator McConnell completes his remarks that I have 10 minutes to speak, and I believe we will be able to accommodate everyone's schedule. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I am just going to proceed for a couple minutes on my leader time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized. DEMOCRATIC MISPLACED PRIORITIES Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it is perfectly clear our friends on the other side are more interested in pleasing special interest groups than in addressing our Nation's job crisis. Once again, they are insisting the Senate spend its last remaining days before the end of the session voting on a liberal grab bag of proposals that are designed to fail. They don't even intend to pass these items. They just want to show they care enough to hold these show votes, which raises a question: Are we here to perform or are we here to legislate? Our friends have focused on partisan votes for 4 years now. Meanwhile, millions of Americans have lost jobs and homes and in many cases hope. The Nation's debt has skyrocketed through misguided programs Americans did not want. It is time to put them aside and actually accomplish something the American people support. It is time to give back the legislative process to the people who sent us here. That means preventing a tax hike that is about to slam every working American.…”