John Cornyn: “I was looking at the most recent public opinion polls on the Congress, and let me report what they say. It says just 16…”

“I was looking at the most recent public opinion polls on the Congress, and let me report what they say. It says just 16 percent of likely voters think Congress is doing an ``excellent'' job or a ``good'' job, while 36 percent are willing to call the legislature's performance ``fair.'' A plurality of 47 percent say Congress is doing a ``poor'' job. Now, I do not know about you, but if my kids brought home a report card that said only 16 percent of their work was either ``excellent'' or ``good,'' 36 percent ``fair,'' and 47 percent ``poor,'' I think there would be a little trouble at home until we got their priorities straightened out. This Congress, this Senate, has lost a sense of its priorities. Our priorities should be working together across the aisle to try to solve our Nation's challenges. That is the reason I came to the Senate. I honestly believe regardless of whether we call ourselves Republicans or Democrats or Independents, that is what motivated virtually every Member of Congress to come here: to try to do something for our constituents, for our States, for our Nation, and for our future.”