Political Quotes

“yesterday evening, after months of persistence, hard work, and arduous negotiations, a bipartisan group of Senators released the text of the emergency national security supplemental package. The bipartisan package is 4 long, tireless months in the making. Everyone worked doggedly to piece this bill together, from Senators to Senate staff, to the Biden administration. I must have called the negotiators hundreds of times, calling every day, multiple times a day. I want to thank President Biden for his leadership and for making it clear from day one that he was willing to compromise with Republicans to get this agreement done. I wish to thank my Senate colleagues who worked ceaselessly on this package--including Senators Murphy, Sinema, Lankford, Murray, Collins-- as well as Secretary Mayorkas and the rest of the administration. And all of our staffs worked so long and so diligently. We are blessed in the Senate to have great, hard-working, dedicated staffs. Now, at times, I know it seemed as if negotiations would fall off the tracks. Many on the outside rooted loudly for this effort to fail. But everyone persisted and persisted. Even in dark moments, I reminded my colleagues of the immense stakes in this bill, and, to their everlasting credit, they kept moving forward. And now we have a bill.…”