Political Quotes

“We have moved over 250 bills to the Senate. A number of those are very important bills in the sense that they affect a large number of people. We passed making permanent the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and 133 Republicans voted for that bill. It sits, languishing, in the United States Senate, led by a Republican leader. We passed that anti-hate resolution, and 173 Republicans voted for that. We passed comprehensive background checks, and only 2 Republicans voted for that. And 90 percent of America--90 percent of America-- supports that bill. It sits, languishing, in the United States Senate, unattended. We have passed 96 percent of the funding of government prior to June 30--96 percent. It hasn't been done before. It sits. Not a single bill has passed the Republican-led United States Senate--not a single appropriation bill. We passed a number of bills to make sure that the ACA was stable and preexisting conditions--Republicans didn't vote for that. Well, actually, eight did. It sits, languishing, in the United States Senate. {time} 1215 We passed a bill on climate action, what the Joint Chiefs of Staff say is one of the major challenges to our security. Three Republicans voted for that. It sits languishing in the United States Senate. We passed disaster relief. That did pass. We passed a lot of health legislation and prescription drug legislation. We said that prescription drug companies can't pay generics not to bring their product to the market.…”