Political Quotes

“I would like to welcome you and all of my colleagues back from the August work period. I hope everyone had the chance to travel across their States, meet with their constituents, listen to their concerns, and share all the major accomplishments the Senate secured over the last few months. Indeed, the Senate gavels back into session after a season of immense productivity. When Democrats assumed the majority in 2021, I promised we would leave no stone unturned in tackling the biggest challenges facing our country. Twenty months later, Democrats have delivered on our promises. We promised to lower costs for the American people in the wake of crippling inflation; so we passed the Inflation Reduction Act to reduce energy costs, reduce healthcare costs, and expand tax breaks for working and middle Americans. We also promised to take on Big Pharma and lower prescription drug costs, so we passed historic legislation to lower insulin costs for seniors on Medicare, cap out-of-pocket expenses, and empowered Medicare to finally be able to negotiate drug prices--this for the first time ever; long sought after by many Congresses; accomplished by this one. We promised to take on entrenched oil interests and get tough on climate change, and so we passed the largest clean energy package ever--by a long margin, by the way.…”