Political Quotes

“it is difficult for me to be here to talk about what I am going to talk about because I believe that the Senate operates only when there is trust among the Members of this body. A man whom I served with whom I have such great respect for, and that is former Republican Majority Leader Bob Dole, said: I knew that nothing else I did would matter very much if I ever forfeited the trust of my colleagues. As we all learn around here, if you don't keep your word, it doesn't make much difference what agenda you try to advance. The trust which Senator Dole spoke of has been broken. The Republican leader McConnell broke his word to me. In December of 2014, the Republican leader and the Senator from South Dakota, Mr. Thune, came to me on the floor, asking if I would agree to confirming a Republican Commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission. That man's name is Michael O'Rielly, and he had worked for Jon Kyl and John Cornyn. Of course, Cornyn is still here and Kyl left. I have great respect for Jon Kyl, being from my neighboring State of Arizona. So I said that this is kind of an unusual request, since everyone knows that two leaders, when we have a Commission we are going to staff with our selections, he and I have a right to do that, and we always pair them--a Democrat, a Republican, and a Democrat and a Republican. We pair them together.…”