Political Quotes

“I want to share some comments on what we saw happen here tonight as it relates to the public lands package. We saw a glimpse here tonight of, on the one hand, how this institution can really come together--years of bipartisan work, years of collaboration on the ground back in our respective States--and come together to put together a lands package and ask for a simple up-or- down vote tonight in the Senate. I am very confident that had we had the opportunity to have voted here tonight, you would have seen this lands package pass the Senate by at least a 2-to-1 margin. It would have gone to the House, and it would have passed. It would have gone to President Trump's desk, and I am confident he would have signed it. We have been fighting for permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund because of what happened right here tonight-- the uncertainty of this institution, where 98 Senators can say ``Let's move ahead for a vote''; 2 Senators say no, and we weren't able to have a vote tonight. It is OK to oppose legislation. That is the American process--for each of us to come down here and express our respective opinions. Some will say yes; some will say no. What we were asking for here tonight is to have that debate on the floor. Let's have that vote on the floor, and let the Senators respectively speak on behalf of the people who sent them here in the first place to represent their interests.…”