Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise to talk about the very ill- advised plan that we have before us right now that puts Ukraine first and America last. Now, for the--I am going to say 25 people in the country that may have tuned in to the last time I was on this floor earlier today to now, you might notice one big difference: I have a different tie on. So in between the last time and now, I worked out. As you know, Madam President, you can't skip leg day. So I did that in preparation, of course, for the Congressional Baseball Game, which is just a mere few months away now. So I figured while I was going to do that, I had a little time, a lot of energy, I have 1 hour to give to this that I would switch ties--so breaking news. I will say, though, that standing here in a very sort of contrived effort that the majority leader has put forth--well, I guess I should say, actually, he is not making any effort to make this look like it is a real activity of the world's most deliberative body. There are no amendments being considered for a $95 billion foreign aid package. It is being rushed to get done just before guess who gets to go to Munich. Chuck Schumer. So we want to get this done, without any amendments, so that the majority leader can glad-hand with other global leaders and talk about how he is delivering for Ukraine. All the while, the people that we represent are clamoring for action for something to secure our southern border.…”