Political Quotes

“instead of being bogged down in another Republican-contrived fight, I have proposed a path forward that is very simple and very direct. While we work toward an agreement to pass trafficking legislation--and there is work being done on that as we speak--we should move to the Executive Calendar and consider the nomination of a very fine person, Loretta Lynch. Democrats are fully committed to voting for Lynch's nomination and returning immediately to the trafficking bill. The Senate can do two things at the same time. We can certainly work on coming up with a path forward on trafficking and also do something to move forward and have a vote for a new Attorney General. The chief law enforcement officer of this country--the man who is now the Attorney General--said months ago he wants to leave. He has been winding down. It is not right for this country not to have a fully engaged Attorney General. I am disappointed that with all the work the Senate needs to accomplish, the majority leader is bound and determined to waste the rest of this week with the same votes we took yesterday. I was told we are going to have the same votes today that we had yesterday, and we will have the same votes on Thursday that we are going to have today and that we had on Tuesday. Albert Einstein, a genius, said the pure definition of insanity is somebody who does the same thing over and over again and comes up with the same result.…”