Sherrod Brown said "I thank the Senator from Illinois. Yes. Sure, we have. If we want to get something done, we get something done. We find a way, through unanimous consent, for all of us to agree. Who can say that this is anything but a national crisis? Are we going to make our unwillingness to do anything contingent on some parliamentary trick? No. We are paid to do this job. Just because Senator McConnell has taken 4 days and not done it doesn't mean that we shouldn't. We should work." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I thank the Senator from Illinois. Yes. Sure, we have. If we want to get something done, we get something done. We find a way, through unanimous consent, for all of us to agree. Who can say that this is anything but a national crisis? Are we going to make our unwillingness to do anything contingent on some parliamentary trick? No. We are paid to do this job. Just because Senator McConnell has taken 4 days and not done it doesn't mean that we shouldn't. We should work.

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Sherrod Brown

Democratic · Ohio

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