Political Quotes

“If the Senator will yield for a question, I ask the distinguished majority leader if it is still true that in order to accomplish this delusional scheme that our friends across the aisle have somehow dreamed up as a way to block this funding for our troops, even if that were true--which it is not, as you have pointed out--isn't it still true for an appropriations bill to become law it requires the signature of the President of the United States? So it would literally be impossible to do what they have dreamed up in their delusional state when they are accusing us of this sort of a scheme and plan, which is absolutely false. Mr. McCONNELL. Yes, my friend from Texas is entirely right. There would be no way--consistent with the Constitution that James Madison wrote--that they would in the end not have some considerable sway over how this episode ends. What I think it says, more than anything, is how committed to dysfunction our friends on the other side are--dysfunction for the sake of dysfunction. The American people are sick and tired of that. They want to see us do our work like adults, serious adults taking the responsibility we have been given by our constituents to do our very best for this country. This is the same party on the other side that I remember lecturing everyone else about the dangers of the filibuster. Apparently they weren't very serious because it is obviously their new best friend now.…”