Political Quotes

“Mr. President, our government has work to do, but when it comes to making sure that our courts have the judges they need, when it comes to making sure that the Federal agencies have the leaders they need, and when it comes to filling a vacant seat on the highest Court in this Nation, Senate Republicans refuse to do their job. Senate Republicans have a long history of obstructing President Obama's nominees. Earlier this week, I released a report documenting that long history. The Republicans have slowed down the confirmation of judicial nominees to a crawl--the people needed to resolve important legal disputes. They have stalled confirmations of key agency heads. These are the people needed to protect consumers, to protect our environment, and to defend our country. They are blocking Merrick Garland, a judge whom our colleague from Utah, Senator Orrin Hatch, previously called a ``fine man'' whom the President could ``easily name'' to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Instead of working to make government function and more efficient, Senate Republicans have made it their priority to keep key positions empty for as long as possible--to hamstring efforts to protect consumers and workers, to delay efforts to hold large corporations accountable, and to slow down work to promote equality. The view of Senate Republicans seems to be pretty simple.…”