Political Quotes

“despite unprecedented obstacles, the Senate has had an extremely productive first period of business. It has been a little over 60 days since Democrats assumed the majority in the Senate and Joe Biden was sworn in as President. In that relatively short amount of time, the Senate has confirmed every available Cabinet Secretary--a group filled with a bevy of historic firsts--faster than under the prior two administrations. Every single Cabinet nominee has received a bipartisan vote of approval here on the floor, a tribute to their character, their qualifications, and their caliber. The Senate also conducted a fair and honest impeachment trial of the former President, resulting in the largest and most bipartisan conviction vote in the history, in the history of Presidential impeachments. And, of course, the Democratic majority in the Senate passed the most sweeping Federal recovery effort in decades, the American Rescue Plan. Again, despite several unprecedented obstacles, not only did we get a late start on our work, a result of the runoff elections in Georgia, we have had to contend with the aftermath of an armed insurrection at the Capitol, an impeachment trial, and the difficulty of navigating an evenly divided Senate. Let's take a quick look at the scoreboard. Economists project that the American Rescue Plan could double economic growth while cutting child poverty in half--the biggest anti- poverty effort in a generation.…”