Political Quotes

“I do have to say this. To call the Democratic Party the party of disunity--look at what is going on with my Republican colleagues. Look at what is going on. They are the party of Trump. So don't call us dysfunctional. The example given by my friend the Republican leader that we supported the bill dealing with Zika--we sure did. We had 98 votes. I mentioned that in my remarks. Of course we did, because it was emergency funding. It wasn't as much money as we wanted, but we accepted it because of the work done by Senators Murray and Blunt. But what have we gotten back from the House? It isn't even in the same category of the world. It is something totally different. So I say to my friend the Republican leader and to all of his colleagues: Please don't try this--that the Democratic Party is the party of disunity--when you are being led by Donald Trump. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I see the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee on the floor. I would recount to everyone that I said to her weeks and weeks ago that we will devote as much time as it takes to try to get back to a regular process and move appropriation bills across the floor. So we have devoted an enormous amount of time to try to get the appropriations process functioning again here in the Senate.…”