Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I now call up the adjournment resolution and ask for the yeas and nays on adoption of the concurrent resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 257) providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, very briefly prior to the vote, Senator Coburn and other Republicans will be here tonight and tomorrow to discuss the importance of passing the unemployment insurance package, but also the importance of paying for it. So we will be here and engaged in a vigorous discussion about the appropriateness of the measure as well as about the importance of paying for it.”