Political Quotes

“now, 68 to 32, that was the final vote tally last night for the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act--USICA--an overwhelming display of bipartisan support, a rarity on a major bill in this Senate. I believe the final vote reflects the importance of the bill--of rededicating the Federal Government to science and technology; to outcompeting our adversaries, especially the Chinese Communist Party; to strengthening critical supply chains as well as our partnerships and alliances abroad. I believe that future generations will look back on this competition bill as the turning point for American leadership in the 21st century. I think the depth of the bipartisan support reflects the process we took as well. The kernel of the bill is legislation I wrote with Senator Todd Young, the Endless Frontier Act. We ultimately included legislation from six committees and input from every Member. Over 3 weeks, the Senate considered more than 20 amendments, the vast majority from Republicans. In fact, the Senate even accepted an amendment from Senator Paul by voice vote. That doesn't happen too often around here. Excluding budget resolutions, nearly as many amendments have received rollcall votes on this one bill as on all the bills in 2017, when the Republicans were in the majority--nearly as many amendment votes on this one bill as over that entire year. We are running the Senate in a different way.…”