Political Quotes

“Mr. President, earlier today the U.S. Senate added to its list of accomplishments this year by passing important education reform. The Democratic leader, our friend from Nevada, has called this Senate ``unproductive,'' but the Washington Post took a look at what he had to say and gave him three Pinocchios for that one. When we look at the accomplishments of this year, they are bipartisan, to be sure--as they must be. That is the nature of this institution. Even the minority can, and frequently does, stop us from doing things the majority would like to do. But what has been remarkable is where we have been able to find consensus and work together. Certainly, the education bill--the Every Student Succeeds Act--is an example of that, as is the leadership not only of Majority Leader McConnell, who scheduled the vote on this legislation, but also Chairman Alexander of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and Ranking Member Murray. Senator Murray has also been very important in working with us on important anti-human trafficking legislation that passed the Senate 99 to 0. She worked with us on the President's request for us to pass trade promotion authority that only 13 Democrats voted for. This is an important piece of economic legislation. Then, in recent days, we passed the first multiyear highway bill.…”