Political Quotes

“we approach the culmination of one of the most productive stretches in recent Senate memory. It began almost 2 months ago when, in the wake of unimaginable bloodshed in Buffalo and Uvalde, the Senate came together and passed the first gun safety law in nearly 30 years. A few weeks later, in the face of the damaging semiconductor shortage, the Senate approved the largest investment in American manufacturing and scientific research in decades. This week, we finally told American veterans with cancer, lung disease, and other terrible ailments that their wait for their benefits was over by passing the PACT Act. And a few days ago, as Russian aggression toward Ukraine continues, we swiftly approved the accession of Sweden and Finland to the NATO alliance, greatly strengthening that alliance in the face of Russian aggression. Gun safety, chips, veterans, NATO--all of this we got done in under 6 weeks. And, now, we have one more groundbreaking item left, the most important of them all: the Inflation Reduction Act. Passing any one of these bills in a summer would be significant. Yet we are on the verge of getting all of them done before the August State work period. In a few hours, we will formally begin the process of passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 by voting on the motion to proceed.…”