Political Quotes

“I will speak today on two topics--No. 1, the substance of the bill, which is, I guess, yet to be known, regarding voting rights, which I consider to be a Federal takeover of State elections, and the constant threat of changing the rules of the Senate to do away with the legislative filibuster as we know it. I would say to my Democratic colleagues, this has been going on for quite a while, the constant threat by Senator Schumer to change the rules to pass whatever legislation you-all can come up with. All I can say is, things were different when we were in charge. We had the House, the Senate, and the White House. President Trump constantly urged Senator McConnell and all of us on the Republican side to change the rules of the Senate so he could pass his agenda unimpeded; that anything that came out of the House, which was under Republican control, could sail right through the Senate with Republican votes only. It was pretty clear to my Democratic colleagues that was not a good outcome, I thought for the country, but I guess for them. We signed a letter on April 7, 2017--61 signatures: 28 Republicans, 32 Democrats, and 1 Independent. The letter was sent to Senator McConnell, who was the majority leader, and the minority leader was Senator Schumer at the time, urging both leaders that, no matter what differences we have had regarding Executive nominations and judges, we should preserve the minority's rights under the so-called legislative filibuster.…”