Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the Supreme Court vacancy for the second time on the floor, but I did want to thank the cosponsors of our bill, Senator Portman, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator Ayotte, and also Senator Shaheen for her strong amendment that I think would have made such a difference if we could get some immediate emergency funding. As we know, there are other important provisions in this bill, especially the work I am focused on with prescription drug monitoring, the simple idea that when I talk to doctors, they are never sure if this is someone who is actually abusing the system. They want to do well. They have been trained to do well to get people out of pain. But so often there is not a lot of monitoring about what is going on. And this is going to help get the States to start doing their work. I again thank Senators Whitehouse, Portman, Ayotte, and Shaheen for their work on this bill. filling the supreme court vacancy Mr. President, I come today to talk about the Supreme Court. Last Wednesday, I led a meeting of the steering and outreach committee on the Supreme Court and the Senate's constitutional responsibilities. We had the opportunity at that meeting to hear from four distinguished law professors on the constitutional implications of the current vacancy and to put some historical and constitutional context about the choice before us. I would like to share some of the insights with my colleagues.…”