John Cornyn: “I would also like to spend just a few minutes examining what our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have said.…”

“I would also like to spend just a few minutes examining what our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have said. For example, this morning our Democratic leader has said that Nevada has the third highest gas prices in the whole country, and he says that taking care of gas prices is more important than preserving marriage between a man and a woman. But I would like to point out that it is because of obstruction on the other side of the aisle that we have been unable to address the importance of access to domestic production of oil and gas in this country. And, because of obstruction on the other side of the aisle, we have been unable to create new refinery capacity that would make more gasoline, increase the supply and necessarily then, under the economic laws, bring down the price. It has been because of the obstruction that we have seen on the other side of the aisle that we have been unable to address that issue. Again, another example of block and blame. Then we are told that somehow we should be talking about solving the health care needs of the American people. It was just a few weeks ago when our colleagues on the other side of the aisle denied sufficient votes to allow us to consider a small business comprehensive health plan brought up by the Senator from Wyoming, Mr. Enzi.…”