Political Quotes

“I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The majority leader is recognized. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, well, here we are. Here we are, day one of the Senate Democrats' government shutdown. We did everything we could to stop them. We put forward a noncontroversial bill that contains nothing--nothing--they even claim to object to. It would continue funding the Federal Government and secure the future of the State Children's Health Insurance Program for the vulnerable families who rely on it. The bill passed the House, the President said he would sign it, and a bipartisan majority of Democrats and Republicans voted for it. The votes were there, the President was ready, the solution to this manufactured crisis was inches away, but then the Democratic leader took the extraordinary step of filibustering this legislation, preventing it from passing, and plunging the country into this totally avoidable mess. The House of Representatives, the President, and a bipartisan majority of Republican and Democratic Senators all agreed on a compromise bill that would have prevented a shutdown.…”