Political Quotes

“Madam President, the Democrats' campaign to break the Senate continues. I want to read a quote: The ideologues in the Senate want to turn what the Founding Fathers called the cooling saucer of democracy into the rubber stamp of dictatorship. Not my words--those are the words of the current Senate Democrat leader back in 2005 when filibuster changes were under discussion. The current Democrat leader was once, in fact, a defender of the filibuster and the role it plays in ensuring that the minority party in the Senate and the Americans it represents have a voice. In fact, the minority leader at various times has described trying to get rid of the filibuster as ``doomsday for democracy.'' He described those who were behind the effort to try to get rid of the filibuster as being in support of turning America into ``a banana republic.'' Those were statements made by the current Democrat leader when he was defending the filibuster in years past. In fact, a lot of my colleagues across the aisle have defended the filibuster and used the filibuster repeatedly when they were in the minority. In the last Congress alone, Democrats filibustered COVID relief legislation until they got a bill that they could support. They filibustered police reform legislation. They filibustered Israel legislation. They filibustered pro-life legislation--and on and on.…”