Political Quotes

“Madam President, on infrastructure, yesterday, as everyone knows, Speaker Pelosi and I met with the President and a group of other Senators and Congress Members to discuss the prospects for a bipartisan infrastructure bill. We went to the meeting with high hopes. The President, 3 weeks earlier, had said he would be willing to do a $2 trillion infrastructure bill and tell us how we would pay for it. Unfortunately, it was a very short meeting. The President walked out after a few minutes with the paltry excuse that he would not work to get things done for Americans unless Congress abdicated its constitutional duty to provide oversight of the executive branch. His motives were transparent. He knows darn well that these investigations should and will go forward. He had nothing to say on infrastructure. It was typical of the President. He boasts that he wants to do something and then has no followthrough. This administration has become an erratic, helter-skelter, get-nothing-done administration. Even on infrastructure, where there is usually bipartisan agreement, he couldn't even come to the table and talk. He had to throw a temper tantrum and walk out. Presidents throughout our history have worked with the other party while being investigated. They know--every President knows--it is a fact that Congress will do oversight. Some of it will not be pleasant for any President.…”