Political Quotes

“I have now come to the Senate floor 12 times to speak against President Biden's unconstitutional and unwise vaccine mandate. I have introduced 12 bills to counter and limit the mandate. Each time I have asked for one of these bills--each of which should be uncontroversial--and tried to get the Senate to pass them, one Senator or another from across the aisle has objected. Some of these bills have required only transparency. Other bills would have ensured that religious and medical exemptions be honored. Others still would simply require parental consent before vaccinating children. While far from the right answer of empowering Americans with all the information to make the decision themselves on when, whether, and under what circumstances to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, these commonsense bills would make the situation better. Each one of them would make it better. Each one of them is and properly should be uncontroversial. Now, throughout the process, I have been criticized by those on the other side of the aisle. I have been accused of attacking science and our institutions and somehow perpetuating the virus. Nothing could be further from the truth--nothing. I am for the vaccine. I have been vaccinated. Every member of my family has been vaccinated. I have encouraged others to be vaccinated all along.…”