Political Quotes

“I have enjoyed the colloquy here between our colleagues on election interference. I am privileged to serve on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that has undertaken a 3\1/ 2\-year-long investigation of the election interference that occurred in 2016, and I think the five-volume report of the Select Committee on Intelligence--bipartisan report--is indicative of the seriousness with which we all treat this subject. But I appreciate the Senator from Idaho, the chairman of the Banking Committee, for his comments, for refreshing all of our memories about the huge amounts of money that we have spent in assistance to State and local election authorities, as well as the good work being done by the Department of Homeland Security to help them secure their networks against cyber attacks, as well as other elements of the U.S. Government, including our intelligence community, the National Security Agency, and others. This is important work, but I agree with him--this is not how we actually build bipartisan consensus here, by coming and asking for unanimous consent without going through the appropriate procedures and, frankly, the hard work that it takes to build consensus. Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett Mr. President, on another matter, today the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court.…”