John Cornyn: “this morning, our colleague, the distinguished Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer, came to talk about the Republican…”

“this morning, our colleague, the distinguished Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer, came to talk about the Republican obstruction and filibusters, and I guess I have been around here just a few years now, but I have learned that a charge that is unrebutted is a charge that is believed. In the interest of making sure people understand what the facts are, I would like to address his allegations. This morning, Senator Schumer repeated a myth, which is the allegation that there have been 73 Republican filibusters in the 110th Congress. He said, ``This Republican minority can only obstruct.'' Based on what I believe is a complete distortion of the facts, he said the Republicans ``will be held accountable in November.'' Well, I might note that Senator Schumer, in addition to being the distinguished Senator from New York, is also the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. And I would hope we would have better things to do than to use the floor of the Senate for partisan attacks when we have so much important work that needs to be done.…”