Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am moved by the comments of my friend. He told me the story regarding the discussion with his 8-year-old grandson. I wish to reiterate that had the President and those he designated to negotiate done what they said they were going to do--and that was to end Iran's nuclear program, something we all celebrated--and if the good Senator could say to his grandson that is what we got out of the deal, what we would have here today is unanimous support of approval. This body was so involved in bringing Iran to the table. It is unbelievable the way--in these days and times, since 2010, four times the Senate has voted almost unanimously to put sanctions in place to bring Iran to the table. It is also hard to believe the administration took the one issue that has caused us to almost have unanimity which, let's face it, is rare in these times--the one issue where we have had almost unanimity is to bring it to the table by passing sanctions and then give us a right to weigh in. They were trying to go around Congress by going directly to the U.N. Security Council. But what they did on an issue that the American people are solidly behind--and that is Iran not having nuclear weapons--what they did was squander-- squander--the one opportunity for this body to act in unison; that is, to approve what they have done.…”