Political Quotes

“I would like to start by thanking Senator Warnock for letting me jump ahead in the speaking order today. I appreciate it. I am only going to take a couple of minutes. Yesterday, in the press report, apparently, I had reported what I said at lunch for the news about me talking about a simple concept. I don't know. I think the American people are on board with me. We have to show up for work, right? I think we have to. The reason we had 18 votes on Monday night is because some of my colleagues on my side of the aisle--folks, this is not a partisan--it is partisan. It ended up focusing on some of my colleagues. You have to show up for work. We have got work to do here. And I understand there are all kinds of good reasons. But there is no excuse to let Chuck Schumer force these judicial nominations down our throat. We have got to show up for work. What happened on Monday night only occurred because Republicans were not here. They are my colleagues. They are my friends. But they are business associates first who have a job of making sure that we prevent Chuck Schumer from driving a lot of these judicial nominations that, if we are here, won't be successful. The only reason we were here until midnight on Monday night is because some of my colleagues didn't show up. I am just saying, folks, this is pretty simple. I have spent most of my career in business.…”