Political Quotes

“Mr. President, Saturday will mark 100 days of the 119th Congress and the Republican majority here in the Senate. It has been a very productive 100 days. We have had 14 weeks of the new Congress, and the Senate has been in session and voting for 13 of those 14 weeks. We had the longest continuous in-session work period in 15 years--10 weeks--and yesterday, we took our 200th vote. That is more votes at this point in a new Congress since at least the Reagan era. What do we have to show for it? Well, Mr. President, we have confirmed the President's Cabinet at the fastest pace in more than 20 years, and as of this week, we have more than 50 total confirmations. Confirming nominees is a big focus of any new Congress with a newly elected President, and we are building out the President's administration at a brisk pace. But that is far from the only thing we have done. We passed Senator Britt's Laken Riley Act--the first bipartisan border bill since 2006-- which the President signed into law on January 29. This legislation, which incorporated amendments by Senators Cornyn, Ernst, and Budd, ensures that illegal immigrants who steal, assault a law enforcement officer, or kill or seriously injure another person are detained instead of being allowed back on the street. We also passed Senator Grassley and Senator Cassidy's HALT Fentanyl Act by an even stronger bipartisan margin, to provide law enforcement with critical tools to combat this deadly disease.…”