Political Quotes

“in a moment, I will file cloture on both the substitute amendment of the competition bill and on the motion to proceed to the House-passed legislation to create an independent commission to investigate and report on the attack of January 6, setting up a potential vote this week. On the competition bill, this legislation is the product of at least half a dozen Senate committees, working for months--months--in a bipartisan way. That means that every single Member of the Senate has had their fingerprints on it in one manner or another. The Senate has been making great progress so far this week. To borrow an expression that might appeal to my colleague and partner from Indiana, Senator Young, we are approaching the final straightaway of the race. We have completed a very efficient series of votes on six amendments this afternoon, five of which were sponsored by Republicans. That is in addition to four amendment votes we have already held and literally dozens--dozens--of bipartisan amendments that were added to the bill before it even reached the floor. This is regular order in action. Members on both sides have clamored that we bring bills to the floor, debate them, and ask for amendments. That is what is happening here. This is a bipartisan bill that came out of committees with overwhelming votes--21 to 1 in Foreign Relations and 22 to 4 in Commerce, with a lot of bipartisan input in both committees and throughout--and now we are debating it on the floor.…”