Political Quotes

“before I get into the remarks, substance, of coronavirus and H.R. 1, I would like to mention that Leader McConnell did not give the right story when he talked about the Energy bill. I would remind people, 13 Democrats voted for cloture; 15 Republicans opposed cloture. I would remind the leader that it was a Republican, Senator Kennedy, who led the charge to deny cloture, and it was well known that Democrats simply wanted an amendment on the Kennedy bill--a Republican amendment--wanted an ability to vote. Once again, because Leader McConnell does not allow amendments and debate and, instead, just adds more items to his legislative graveyard, the bill went down. But 13 Democrats voted for cloture. If he had his Republican troops together, he might have been able to pass it anyway. To blame Democrats and say we are moving the goalpost is just a total misstatement of what happened. ____________________”