Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first of all, I want to thank Senator Murphy for his extraordinary leadership. He and Senator Lankford and Senator Sinema came together, leading an effort that was amazing-- intense, hard-fought negotiations on something so very, very important. And they got it done. They got it done--a bipartisan border security bill, the toughest in our generation. I want to thank Senator Murphy for that and for his continual advocacy and putting a spotlight on the fact that we can still do this. We have this bill. We have this bill in front of us. The President of the United States, President Biden, has gone to the border to say: Pass the bill, the bipartisan bill. Donald Trump has gone to the border to say: Yay, more chaos. Keep it coming. The truth is--and we hear it all the time; I have heard it my whole time in the Senate--Republicans like to portray themselves as being the party of national security. If you want your family to be safe, you need to vote for Republicans. Well, 22 days ago and counting--we will see how high this number gets--22 days ago, we had a chance to boost our national security by voting for the strongest border security bill in our lifetime; and 22 days ago, they killed it. That is a fact, and we all know why. Donald Trump told them to do it, and if Donald Trump tells Republicans to jump, the only question they ask is, How high, sir? Democrats are committed to solving the challenges at the border.…”