Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the first thing I would say is I blame the Taliban. They are the ones who are doing the killing. What I would say to Senators is, where you can help people who make our country safer, you should. All of us should try to find a way to get to yes at least sometimes if you can't do it all the time. I can tell the Members of this body that I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan 37 times--probably 20 times in Afghanistan. I spent close to 100 days on the ground in Afghanistan. I have seen in person what they do. They get outside the wire, make the mission possible, risk their lives, and Senator Shaheen has been able to navigate a very thorny issue and get a solution that is not 100 percent of what she wanted. She had to give up thousands of visas just to find a way to move forward. All I can say is that this really is a big deal. People's lives are at stake. This is not a hypothetical issue. All I can say is that I hope we can find it among ourselves to get to yes on this and what Senator Moran is trying to do. If we can't, we can't, but let me tell you this: Senator Lee objected to my Ex-Im Bank amendment in committee. He had every right to do so. It wasn't germane. It is very important to me. We are losing thousands of jobs. South Carolina is losing hundreds of jobs because the Bank shut down. I will still fight to get the Ex-Im Bank operating, but what I will not do to help the people of South Carolina is to put the lives of those in Afghanistan at risk.…”