John Cornyn: “I thought I had gotten to the point where I wasn't surprised at some of the rhetoric we hear from our colleagues on the…”

“I thought I had gotten to the point where I wasn't surprised at some of the rhetoric we hear from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, particularly the Democratic leader when he claims that we haven't gotten anything done in the U.S. Congress since Republicans have been in the majority. I guess to the extent that he says that and there is nobody who corrects it, then people might actually believe it. I just want to point out from the beginning some of the important work we have been able to do on a bipartisan basis. I see our friend the Senator from Tennessee here. He has been the point man for so many of these pieces of legislation, such as the education reform bill, among others that I will mention, but the fact is that since Republicans have been in the majority after the election in 2014, more than 140 pieces of legislation have been signed into law, and 240-plus bills have passed the Senate alone. We have also had, by and large, an open amendment process where any Senator who thinks they have a better idea on a bill can come to the floor and offer an amendment and get a vote on it. So compare the 240 amendment votes in this Congress to the 15 when Senator Reid was majority leader in the 113th Congress. People need to know that his representation isn't borne out by the facts. It is not even close. I was reminded of the quote from Abraham Lincoln.…”