Political Quotes

“my friend the Republican leader talks about playing politics. There is no better example of that than what has taken place this week. Everyone knows the innate problems with what was tried on sanctuary cities and on the so-called Kate's Law. Everyone knows they are just a political message that means nothing for comprehensive immigration reform or immigration reform of any kind. So that is why those matters were brought up. It is obvious we have a Senator in Pennsylvania, a Republican incumbent, who is in deep trouble politically, and that is why they tried to jam us with that. There is no better example than what is going on with this opioid matter that is sweeping the country. I came to the floor 15 minutes ago. In another half hour there will be another two people who die from opioids in America, all over the country. To show how disingenuous and political the majority is on opioids, one need only look to Tennessee. In Tennessee, Knoxville chief of police David Rausch knocks Congress over opioid funding. My friend talks about the authorization that shot through here. Of course it came through the Senate pretty easily--because it was an authorization. There is no money there. That is why you have the chief of police from a place such as Knoxville, TN, who is saying: Shame on you for not giving us money. We can't do anything. All you are doing is authorizing more programs that cost more resources. In the police department we can't do it all.…”