Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. As the gentleman knows, of course, we have 275 bipartisan bills which have been sent from the House to the Senate involving very, very serious issues, dealing with the environment, dealing with wages, and dealing with jobs, dealing with making our communities safer, dealing with violence against women, dealing with equal pay for equal work, which was something that John Kennedy signed in 1963, but is, today, not a reality, unfortunately. So there are many issues I could name. Obviously, a lot more, because there are 275 and we sent over 400 bills to the Senate and they sit untended. Why? Because the Senate has been confirming judges. Why? So they can put in judges that agree with their positions. That is the irony of a party that was so intent, in my political life, in making sure that judges acted only on the law. What philosophical imprimatur has to be given to judicial appointments nowadays? And by a majority leader who refused a President of the United States who submitted a nominee, Mr. Garland, for 11 months. It is inconceivable to me that any Founding Father thought, for 11 months--now, it has a been a few days since we passed impeachment that we have sent those papers up. For 11 months, a President of the United States, pursuant to his constitutional authority and responsibility, sent a nominee to the United States Senate; 11 months before the election. And the majority leader said, tough.…”