Political Quotes

“I am sure I am not unique in the fact that when I go home, my constituents ask: What in the heck is going on up there? The truth is, amid the polarization, the misinformation, the arguments, the disagreements we naturally will have--because we represent different parties, different regions, and different points of view--it is really important to occasionally reflect on what it is we have actually done because, as I learned a long time ago as a journalism student, good news is not news. What makes news is when there is conflict and disagreement. That is what people pay attention to. That is what reporters write about, that is what the cable TV channels run because they know people will watch it. They can sell advertising. That is sort of the way the system works. Good news needs to be told and needs to be spread. So what I would like to do is just reflect for a few minutes on the last 17 months and what has been accomplished during that year and a half by a Republican- led Congress and by the Trump administration working together. I think, perhaps, the single biggest accomplishment that has benefited the most people broadly across this great land of ours is the new energized state of our economy.…”