Political Quotes

“after 2 weeks on the floor, in a few moments we will have a chance to advance the Iran bill to passage and then vote on passage. I urge my colleagues to support the cloture motion and to support final passage. First, I thank Senator Corker. Senator Corker has been an incredible partner, and the two of us have worked in the best interests not only of the Senate but in the best interests of our country. We recognize this Nation is stronger when in foreign policy we are united and speak with one voice. That is exactly what we were able to do in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by a vote of 19 to 0. This is an extremely controversial area. We understand that. But we reached a position where we could get a 19-to-0 vote in the committee. We were able to bring that forward and were able to get the administration to work with us on this. So the bill will be signed by the President of the United States. I just want to thank Senator Corker for his incredible leadership through these very difficult times so that we could reach this point. It gives us the best chance to accomplish our goal. Our goal is to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state--pure and simple. We will be in a stronger position to achieve that objective with the passage of this legislation. We understand what that means.…”