Political Quotes

“the Republican leader celebrates the opioid legislation and the FAA bill, but both are missed opportunities. There is no funding in the opioid bill. There were editorials all over the country yesterday about that. I read here on the Senate floor, it is in the Record, about The New York Times saying it was really wrong to try to claim credit for doing something on opioids when there is no money to do it. The FAA bill--I will talk about that in a little more detail in a little bit--is another missed opportunity to do what is right to help, to help the Republican leader keep his word. CARA, the opioid legislation, has no real funding to solve the real problem. Over the last week, Democrats have exhausted every avenue to try and work with Republicans on a Zika funding measure. Democrats had the audacity to expect the Republican leader to live up to his promise in April of bipartisan work on Zika. This is what the Republican leader said in April: We all are very much aware that this is a serious crisis. We'll be working with the administration, with Democrats. But his actions, especially over the last couple of weeks, clearly illustrate that he was never really interested in a bipartisan solution. For example, the President offered a meeting with Senator McConnell, Speaker Ryan, Secretary Burwell, and Director of OMB Shaun Donovan, to work on the Zika crisis. The Speaker and the Republican leader refused that meeting.…”