Political Quotes

“I wanted to just say a few words--not a formal speech--about my junior partner, the junior Senator from Ohio. He is only the junior Senator not in intellect or actions but only in seniority, which is the way it works here. I know I am talking when the Presiding Officer has such a record of bipartisanship and working with others in the Senate--the junior Senator from New Hampshire and the work she has done. And I just wanted to talk for a moment about RobPortman. I was at the last speech he gave, his retirement speech, last week. I wanted to just say a few words about his work. He and I, on the big issues, no surprise--Senator Portman, from Cincinnati; I live in northern Ohio--have looked at the world differently on big trade issues, on tax issues. I mean, he was for the Trump tax cut that gave big tax breaks to corporations and, I think, squeezed middle-class and low-income taxpayers. But on the big issues, we, in a sense, canceled each other's vote out, and we talk about that sometimes. But on a lot of Ohio-specific things, we are able to work together on really, really important problem-solving kinds of issues. And a few of them come to mind, like ``level the playing field''--the first issue--and then ``level the playing field'' 2.0,'' which will help the United States enforce its trade laws.…”