Political Quotes

“it is obvious that the Republican leader has certainly changed his view on filing cloture. There was a time on several occasions when the Republican leader bemoaned what he called ``a quick trigger on the cloture motion.'' That is a quote. There was a time--that was in 2012, 2013--when the Republican leader called filing cloture ``heavy-handed behavior.'' Now, keep in mind the backdrop of all of this. For 4 years, the Republicans simply wouldn't let us move to anything. We couldn't offer--they refused to allow bills to come up. We never even got on the bills. We would file a motion to get on a bill; they would object to that. We have a different world now in the 7 months that we have been under the direction of the Republican leader, the senior Senator from Kentucky. We have been working in good faith to try to get things to move along--specifically this bill, the elementary and secondary education bill. There is no sign of a filibuster that I am aware of, at least on our side. There are still a number of major amendments that need to be addressed. Senators Murphy, Booker, Warner, and others have an amendment on accountability for the lowest performing schools. They have worked hard on this. We have Senator Franken, who is very passionate, on an amendment to protect LGBT students from discrimination. Senator Markey has an amendment that provides grants to allow schools to teach climate science.…”