Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have a short announcement about the schedule. Due to the circumstances regarding COVID and another potentially hazardous winter storm approaching the DC area this weekend, the Senate will adjourn tonight. However, we will be postponing recess so the Senate can vote on voting rights. We will return on Tuesday to take up the House-passed message containing voting rights legislation. Make no mistake, the U.S. Senate will, for the first time this Congress, debate voting rights legislation beginning on Tuesday. Members of this Chamber were elected to debate and to vote, particularly on an issue as vital to the beating heart of our democracy as this one, and we will proceed. If the Senate Republicans choose obstruction over protecting the sacred right to vote, as we expect them to, the Senate will consider and vote on changing the Senate rules, as has been done many times before, to allow for the passage of voting rights legislation. I will close with this: If the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, then how can we, in good conscience, allow for a situation in which the Republican Party can debate and pass voter suppression laws at the State level with only a simple majority vote but not allow the U.S. Senate to do the same? In the coming days, we will confront this sobering question, and every Member will go on record. Finally, Members should expect that the next State work period would begin on the week of January 24. Nord Stream 2 Mr.…”