Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, if I am not mistaken, we are trying to deal with a biotechnology issue when it comes to our agriculture supply, which was voted out of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and I know the Senator from Kansas, the distinguished chairman of the committee, would like to get to it but for the diversions caused by these sorts of requests which the Senator knows will be objected to. If the Senator is really concerned about doing our job and taking care of our Nation's business, then she ought to join me in voting for the $1.1 billion in funding for the Zika virus, which is a national health care emergency, and certainly the pictures I have had here previously demonstrate the consequences of a failure to deal with this Zika virus. Unfortunately, this baby has suffered a devastating birth defect known as microcephaly--literally a shrunken skull and brain--and is condemned to an uncertain future in life, not to mention the consequences on the family. I would implore the Senator from Massachusetts, let's get to work doing this, which I believe the Senator has already voted for the $1.1 billion in funding. Yet when we brought this up, all we got were objections and stonewalling from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Frankly, I don't understand it.…”