Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will just say that I regret the objection. A Senate version of the reauthorization was, of course, included in the package that we all agreed on--bipartisan agreement in both the Senate and the House, after months and months of work, reauthorized through our committee process--and was stripped out, of course, on Wednesday at the instruction of Mr. Musk. So the House had already passed this bipartisan bill. It had huge and overwhelming bipartisan support there, and this is really unfortunate because, of course, the opioid epidemic--especially the fentanyl epidemic-- continues to devastate our communities, and it is truly unfortunate that the objection was made tonight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.”