Political Quotes

“I must comment on some of the statements that my friend the Republican leader has made. We have been able to accomplish a few things during this work period, and the reason we have been able to do so is that we, the minority, have cooperated. For 4 years, my Republican colleagues in the minority objected to everything we tried to do--everything. I don't mean most everything; I mean everything. That was a plan they had. I have mentioned before and I will mention again that they decided they would make sure that Obama was not reelected. That failed. And, No. 2, they were going to oppose everything he tried to do, and they have done that overwhelmingly. So it was really hard for 4 years to get things done. Now, my friend the majority leader can talk all he wants about how much we have gotten done. Look at what we have been able to accomplish. The majority of the measures we have done could have been done before, if Republicans had not objected to them and stopped us from moving to those matters. So we are going to continue to do everything we can to move measures, in conjunction with my Republican friends, but we shouldn't be hearing a lot of speeches here about how great things are now, because every time that happens I am going to come and tell everybody what has happened for 4 years. Government is all about priorities. What do we, as Senators, value the most?…”