Political Quotes

“today, we confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the DC Circuit, we confirmed General Hayden as CIA Director, and we confirmed a former colleague, Dirk Kempthorne, as Secretary of the Interior. In addition, we were able to confirm several nominations by unanimous consent. We have had a productive stretch in the last few weeks that we have been in session. Yesterday, we did pass the comprehensive immigration reform bill after a total of 4 weeks of good debate. Again, I congratulate the managers of the bill for their dedicated work in moving the bill along for passage. I congratulate Senators McCain and Kennedy, Senators Martinez and Hagel, and the entire Judiciary Committee which generated the bill, and all of my colleagues for their participation and active debate with amendments. When we return from the Memorial Day recess, we will continue on the motion to proceed to the marriage protection amendment. The first vote of the week will occur in the morning on Tuesday, June 6. That vote will be on a district judge nomination. As we head in into the Memorial Day recess, we honor all who have died serving our great Nation. ____________________”