Political Quotes

“following the remarks of Senator McConnell, the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders, with each Senator permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. At noon there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed on S. 1238, the student loan bill. Recognition of the Minority Leader The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader is recognized. Mr. McCONNELL. For more than a month, I have been coming to the floor to talk about student loan reform. I have said that to an outside observer, this is an issue that should have been an easy bipartisan slam dunk. I have noted that the proposals put forward by both President Obama and congressional Republicans have been strikingly similar. We both agree on the need for a permanent reform, and we agree on the need to help all students and not just some of them. Yet here we are after the July 1 deadline and Democrats are still blocking bipartisan student loan reform. You have to ask yourself why. It is because they have prioritized politics over helping students. There are basically two different Democratic groups battling for supremacy: a more responsible reform- permanently faction and a more political campaign-permanently faction. In the first group are the sensible Democratic Senators who agree with both President Obama and Republicans that it is time to finally solve this issue.…”