Political Quotes

“let me thank Senator Lee and Senator Chris Murphy for their outstanding and consistent leadership on this issue. At a time when the country bemoans the fact that there is not a lot of bipartisanship, this effort indicates that people with very different political philosophies can come together on an issue of enormous magnitude. I do want to thank Mike Lee for his great work on this. I rise today to speak in support of overriding the President's veto of S.J. Res. 7. On April 16, despite telling us that he is opposed to ``endless wars,'' President Trump used the second veto of his Presidency to reject S.J. Res. 7, which directs the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from the Saudi-led intervention in the Republic of Yemen, a war that began 4 years ago. The vote on that resolution that was passed here in the Senate was 54 to 46--all Democrats voting for it and 7 Republicans voting for it. The resolution passed the House on April 4 by a bipartisan vote of 247 to 175. The current situation in Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on Earth. In March of 2015, under the leadership of Muhammad bin Salman-- then Saudi Arabian Defense Minister and now the Crown Prince--a Saudi- led intervention in Yemen's ongoing civil war took place.…”