Political Quotes

“Mr. President, at the opening of her remarks, the Senator from Washington said: I agree with the objective of this bill; I agree with what Senator Sullivan and Senator Cruz are trying to accomplish. Then she talked for a while, and then she blocked the entirety of the bill. Everything in between, saying, ``I agree with this bill,'' and the two magic words at the end of her remarks, ``I object,'' I have to admit brought me back to Saturday morning cartoons and watching ``Peanuts'' and the teacher going: ``Wah wah wah wah'' because they were words, but they didn't mean anything. This is a binary choice. At 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, are soldiers going to get paid, yes or no? Are sailors going to get paid, yes or no? Are airmen going to get paid, yes or no? Are marines going to get paid, yes or no? Are members of the Space Force going to get paid, yes or no? Are coastguardsmen going to get paid, yes or no? A decade ago, every Member of this body voted to pay them. Since this debate began, the Presiding Officer had been Senator Kelly and has now been replaced by Senator Murphy from Connecticut. I would point out, Senator Murphy voted yes to pay our Active-Duty military in 2013. And yet now the Democrats are blocking those paychecks. The Senator from Washington said: Well, gosh, the Democrats had a CR that you could have voted for. The Senator from Washington knows fully well that the bill drafted by Democrat leadership is not going to pass the House of Representatives.…”