Political Quotes

“following my remarks and those of my Republican counterpart, the time until 11 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. At 11 a.m. the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Jennifer Dorsey to be U.S. district judge for the District of Nevada. At noon there will be a rollcall vote on confirmation of the Dorsey nomination. I would add that the chairman of the Judiciary Committee has asked that we hold that vote open until 12:30 p.m. today because they are having a confirmation hearing on the new Director of the FBI, Mr. Comey. We will do that, and the vote will end at 12:30 p.m. rather than 12:15 p.m. or 12:20 p.m. Following that vote, the Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for our weekly caucus meetings. In America, this great country of ours, a quality education is the surest path to the American dream. When I was a boy, we always looked at that American dream as getting a college education, which, from where I came from, wasn't going to happen very often. Now the American dream is more than just getting an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree. It involves many other occupations, all of the things available in health care now, such as nursing, nursing assistants, all of the technicians, the people who do physical therapy--not physical therapists but people who help doctors do what they need to do.…”