Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come to the floor today after spending the last 7 weeks traveling the beautiful State of North Dakota and working with communities on issues that matter the most to them, whether it is agriculture, opioid abuse--any number of issues involving urban and rural housing. But one common message occurs at every stop: Why can't Congress get its job done? Why aren't you doing what you are supposed to be doing? So the people of North Dakota and I think the people of this country have a simple message: They want us to do our job. They are sick and tired of politics getting in the way of work getting done, and they don't understand why even the most basic issues, the most simple issues, issues where there are vast majorities that support them, get hung up in partisan politics. That got me thinking about three numbers that really sum up the inability of my friends in the majority to do their job. Those numbers are 90, 175, and 20. Let's start with 90. Ninety is the current number of judicial vacancies across our various Federal courts in the United States. Thirty-two of those vacancies have been deemed judicial emergencies. That means that justice is being severely delayed in those jurisdictions. Every day, Americans and American businesses have to sit and wait for resolution and certainty when we are capable of getting the job done, when we actually believe we have qualified nominees ready to take the bench and hear those cases.…”