Political Quotes

“I am here for my, oh, I guess umpteenth ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. This one comes upon my return from Brazil, where I was the entirety of the United States of America governmental presence at the COP. That was it. Just me. Nobody else went. And not only did nobody else go-- this is not important to anybody really outside the Senate--but for my codel, my congressional delegation trip of one, the State Department, under President Trump, refused to facilitate my trip. I think this is the first time where the Senate, the legislative body, has been told by the Executive branch: We are not going to facilitate a codel because we don't like what you are doing. I don't think that has ever happened before, and whatever your views are on whatever issue, I would caution that this is a gate we need to close shut because if the Executive branch of government can start telling the Members of the Senate what codels they can and cannot go on with State Department support and facilitation, we have got a real problem on our hands.”