On the recordNovember 30, 2015
I appreciate the Republican leader cheering for all of the great things that have happened here in the Senate, but the facts are that--look at any political scientist, anyone who watches what goes on here in Washington and add up the number of bills passed and the nominations confirmed in this Congress--this Congress is well, well beyond anything in recent history. In addition to that, we have had more revotes--that is, voting on the same thing over and over with the same result--in the history of Congress ever. So I appreciate his trying to make things look good. I hope it gets better in the next couple of weeks because we have a lot to do. We have a lot to do. I will talk about that in a minute. We have so much to do. We can accomplish a great deal if we finish the highway bill and elementary and secondary education, if we do the tax extenders, and if we do the omnibus spending bill. That would be terrific if we could get those done, but we only have a few days to get them done. ____________________
