Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Republican leader be recognized to offer his statement as if during leader time, that there be no parliamentary efforts on his behalf at this time, and that when he finishes his leader statement, I have the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority leader is recognized. WORKING TOGETHER Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, first I wish to welcome everybody back. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Shortly before we all left last week, we got some disappointing news when the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction announced it was unable to reach the kind of bipartisan agreement many of us had been hoping for. As I said then, this was a major disappointment to those of us who had hoped the joint committee would ultimately agree to the kinds of serious entitlement reforms and job-creating tax reforms that all of us know would have been a big help in getting our fiscal house in order and in jolting this economy back to life. Such an agreement would have also sent a clear message to the American people and to the world that despite our many differences, lawmakers here are capable of coming together and making the kinds of very tough decisions about our Nation's economic future that continue to elude lawmakers in Europe.…”