Political Quotes

“well, the Sun may be shining outside, but today is a gloomy day here in the U.S. Senate. Last night, Members of the other side of the aisle met to decide whether they were going to side with the American people or obey the wishes of former President Trump and his friend Vladimir Putin. While I was not party to that meeting, the reports that came out of it were disturbing, to say the least. After months of good-faith negotiations, after months of giving Republicans many of the things they asked for, Leader McConnell and the Republican conference are ready to kill the national security supplemental package, even with the border provisions they so fervently demanded. Those reports are disturbing because this is a good bill, a bipartisan bill that will address the problems at the border directly, expeditiously, seriously. And don't take my word for it, just ask the conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal that called this ``a border bill worth passing'' or the president of the National Border Patrol Council--who rarely sides with Democrats--who called this bill ``far better than the status quo'' or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which called this package ``a commonsense measure'' and warned that ``Congress cannot afford to ignore these problems any longer.'' So last night's reports coming from the Republican conference meeting are alarming because they represent a dramatic transformation in Republican thought.…”