Political Quotes

“Well, that is too bad. This time, with this amendment, we see an objection, and with this amendment, we are talking about something that is a core part of what the bill actually does. In no way is it extraneous. In my view, we shouldn't consider the border security and election integrity amendments either--I don't think they are ancillary to this. I don't think we should take another step in this direction without things like that. But this one relates directly to the subject matter at hand, so it would be hard for them to say: Well, you are going too far afield from where this bill treads. This is a complement to existing legislation, and it is basic, commonsense reform to what we have now. How weird is that? Apparently, the solid goals and the timelines and the expectations that we are requesting in this are just too much to ask of those who spent hundreds of billions of American taxpayer dollars on proxy wars overseas. Those same masters of the universe, self-appointed here in the U.S. Senate, who are so hell-bent on doing this notwithstanding understandable fear, reluctance, trepidation on the part of the American people, when asked to even defend themselves against why we are not demanding a plan, say no. We are not even going to consider that. We won't even let you make it pending. We understand that you, Mike, are not even asking us to pass this. You are not even asking us to adopt it into the bill.…”