Political Quotes

“the Wall Street Journal had a great editorial today. To show you how senseless it was, I will read the headline: ``The GOP uses its advice and consent power to beat Harry Reid.'' Think about that, a major newspaper in this country has the audacity to say: ``The GOP [Republicans] uses its advice and consent power to beat Harry Reid.'' Reading the editorial, what they are talking about is that the Republicans were very smart in delaying Loretta Lynch to be confirmed. The reason she was delayed is because a very vital issue came up with the trafficking bill. It dealt with women's reproductive rights, and it took a long time to work that out. In fact, it took a long enough time to work it out until the Republicans capitulated to what we wanted. We protected the women's right to choose. The Hyde language no longer allows, as was in the underlying legislation, the Hyde language to apply to nontaxpayer money. So for them to say they beat Harry Reid, they didn't beat Harry Reid. What they did was beat up on themselves. To think that they beat Harry Reid, I repeat, all they did was beat up on themselves. Later today, the Senate will do something it should have done months ago, confirm Loretta Lynch as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States. She is as qualified a candidate as I have ever seen in this Senate, which is more than three decades--so qualified, in fact, today will mark the third time she has been confirmed by the Senate.…”