Political Quotes

“the agreement that has been reached will allow us to move forward with the American Rescue Plan, and voting will resume shortly. Senate Democrats are completely united in our belief about how important this entire bill is for our fellow Americans; for getting the vaccine to our people; for reopening our schools; for keeping American workers, families, and businesses afloat; and for putting our country on the road to a strong recovery. Now that this agreement has been reached, we are going to power through the rest of the process and get this bill done. Make no mistake, we are going to continue working until we get the job done. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: At what time did the previous vote on the Senator's amendment begin? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The vote began at 11:03 a.m. Mr. McCONNELL. How much total time elapsed during the floor vote on the Senator's amendment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Eleven hours and 50 minutes. Mr. McCONNELL. Well, my goodness, this has been quite a start, quite a start to this fast-track process. They were in a big hurry. We started voting on the first amendment, as the Parliamentarian said, right after 11 a.m. The Democratic leader held the vote open all day so they could try to figure out what was going on with their own legislation that they want to pass only with their votes.…”