On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
just this week, we saw the College Football National Championship game. A lot of tremendous athletes engaged in tremendous feats of skill and strength, but I have to say, there wasn't an athlete on the field who demonstrated the flexibility that we are seeing in the U.S. Senate right now. We are today seeing Democrats in the Senate, with the active encouragement of President Joe Biden, engaging in not one but two partisan power grabs and doing them both with a twist. Let me explain. Democrats are desperate to hold on to power. It is their No. 1 priority. It is more important than anything else. It is more important than jobs and our economy to Democrats. It is more important than getting kids back to school. It is more important than defeating COVID. Nothing matters more to today's Democrats than staying in power no matter what. How do we know that? Well, the very first bill introduced in the House of Representatives, H.R. 1, is a bill many of us call the ``Corrupt Politicians Act.'' It is a bill designed to keep Democrats in power forever. That was Nancy Pelosi's No. 1 priority. The very first bill introduced in this Chamber, S. 1, is likewise the ``Corrupt Politicians Act,'' a bill designed to keep Democrats in power forever. It is the No. 1 priority of elected Democrats. When that failed to get sufficient votes to pass, Democrats shifted to option 1B.…
Source
govinfo.gov




