Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 1, 2013
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 198 Ex.] YEAS--97 Alexander Ayotte Baldwin Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Chiesa Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Donnelly Durbin Enzi Feinstein Fischer Flake Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Heinrich Heitkamp Heller Hirono Hoeven Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Leahy Lee Levin Manchin Markey McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Paul Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schatz Schumer Scott Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Warren Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NOT VOTING--3 Inhofe Landrieu McCain The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________
Said by
John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Share

More from John Cornyn

Jun 14, 2026

He's going to have the most miserable two years of his life in the last two years of his term, I think, because I think November is going to be a disaster.

huffpost.com
Jul 16, 2026

I’m gonna wait until we actually vote on the confirmation in a week or so.

talkingpointsmemo.com
Jun 18, 2026

The poll numbers that I'm seeing are not very encouraging. And I don't see things changing a lot between now and November.

npr.org
Jun 2, 2026

I see no evidence of any qualifications [in Pulte] for that job. But I’m willing to listen.

rollcall.com

Other voices in this conversation