Political Quotes

“We have to work together here, but it is mutual work, it is not all on one side. It is not my word versus somebody else's word. In 2005, we had a knockdown, drag-out battle here. My friend the Republican leader, along with others, gave speeches on the Senate floor that the process regarding judges wasn't moving along quickly enough. As a result of that crisis, in an effort to resolve the matter, we agreed to put some people on the bench we have regretted since then, including Janice Rogers Brown, Thomas Griffith, and Brett Kavanaugh, but we agreed to that and they are on the court now. We need a balance. My friend has focused on judicial nominations. We have been doing better there. But other nominations, not so. We can talk about all the rights of the minority and all that. The President of the United States, whether it is George Bush or President Obama or Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton, whoever it might be, deserves the right to have the people they want to work there and not be held up for months and months to fill some of these minor posts. I could run through a list of names that were held up and have been held up for a long time. My friend the Republican leader said during the squabble we had previously how he agreed with the fact we should change the rules. I am not saying we are going to change the rules, but I am saying we have to do a better job than what is going on around here. This is no threat. We need to look at the facts. Look at the facts.…”