Political Quotes

“Mr. President, a little while ago, the majority leader stood on this floor to speak about the investigation into the 2016 Presidential election. He triumphantly declared ``case closed''--``case closed.'' Wishing will not make it so. I read the Mueller report. I read it cover to cover, every page. I read late into the evening on the day it was released and into the next morning. I didn't start reading by expecting to make a statement about it, but I was shaken by the evidence that the special counsel had gathered and by the conclusions that he drew. The majority leader would have us believe that scrutinizing this evidence is a matter of Democrats refusing ``to make peace with the American people's choice.'' He wants to portray this as just an ``outrage industrial complex'' because some people don't like that President Trump won. Again, wishing will not make it so. Sure, there is plenty to be outraged about in the special counsel's report, but no one here is pitching a fit that Democrats didn't win the election. No, what is at stake here is the Constitution of the United States of America. Will Congress do its job and fulfill its constitutional duty to serve as a check on the President? The answer from the majority leader and his Republican colleagues is no--``case closed.'' ``Case closed,'' they cry. Instead of reading the words of the special counsel's report, they just want to circle the wagons around this President.…”