Political Quotes

“today, the Senate will continue the bipartisan process of passing our annual Defense authorization bill, the NDAA. We had a productive afternoon yesterday. We held votes on four amendments, from both Democrats and Republicans. We affirmed our unflinching commitment to our NATO allies by defeating an amendment that sought to undermine our support for the transatlantic relationship. Eighty-three Senators united to defeat this amendment, and I thank every single one of them for standing firm. It is a majority of both parties. In another win for NATO, we also adopted Senator Kaine's amendment stating that no President can unilaterally take us out of NATO without Senate approval. Adopting Kaine's amendment was an unmistakable message to both our friends and foes that America's commitment to NATO will not waiver. The political winds may shift, but America's bonds to NATO will remain unbent. That is what passing the annual defense bill should look like: both sides proposing and debating amendments, both sides having input, both sides working in good faith to get this bill passed as soon as we can. We will keep working today. After voting on the Cruz-Manchin- Fetterman amendment this morning, I hope we can agree to additional votes. We will keep negotiating on additional reasonable amendments that we can bring to the floor, so we can keep this process going.…”