Political Quotes

“first, I want to thank Senator Murphy for organizing this important floor block. I want to thank all of my colleagues who participated. I see Senator Blumenthal, of course Senator Klobuchar, and others who participated. What we are talking about is the need to pass our bipartisan border bill to crack down on fentanyl entering our country. Every one of us in our States has talked to families who have lost loved ones because of fentanyl, particularly young people, and it breaks your hearts. Some of these family members didn't even know their loved ones had taken fentanyl and were dead within 24 hours--just gone. I have experienced that with some families. So now we have a chance to do something with it in this bill. Tomorrow, Senators face an important decision: Will both sides come together to advance a bipartisan border security bill or will partisanship get in the way yet again? Three months ago, Donald Trump told his Republican allies to block the strongest bipartisan border bill Congress has seen in a generation--something that would have done a great deal to stop the flow of vicious fentanyl into the United States. So we are trying again tomorrow because we hear about these families that Senator Klobuchar mentioned, that I mentioned, that others have mentioned. We have to. And I hope this time our Republicans will join us to achieve a different outcome. Unlike H.R.…”