Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to share a few comments on the Sessions-McCaskill discretionary caps amendment that would limit spending to the budget items and budget levels we passed. Before doing so, I would like to say I was disappointed last night that the President and my good friend and very effective leader of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy, have politicized a very important decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Justices didn't take an oath not to reverse bad precedent. They swore an oath of fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, and the first amendment guarantees the right of free speech. For over a decade, I warned against this, and others warned this legislation we were passing violated the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In fact, one of the supporters of the amendment, Senator Feingold, at one point offered a constitutional amendment to amend the first amendment because he recognized this campaign restriction on spending during an election cycle ran afoul of the Constitution, but at some point they decided to go forward with it. I would say two things about it.…”