Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Presiding Officer. I want to thank all the folks on the floor from the Parliamentarian's office, the floor clerks for spending the night on this important effort. I want to thank the Presiding Officer and your colleagues for occupying the Chair, something I had the privilege of doing for the last 2 years. I want to thank my colleagues, particularly Senator Murphy, who is working the night shift along with Senator Schatz. And I share the concerns that I have heard Senator Murphy express about the peril of our democracy and the peril of the people that all of us represent. My view here is that January 6 is not over. I was here that day, as I know the Presiding Officer was and Senator Murphy was. And I remember taking a walk in the morning from the Capitol, right here, down past the Ellipse where the President later that day spoke, to the Washington Monument, and then down to the Lincoln Memorial. And I didn't have a sense of dread or anticipation of what ultimately happened that day. There were lots of people here who were supporters of President Trump. I was looking at them as just American citizens. I was nervous a little bit about the signs that were so aggressive-- ``Hang Mike Pence''--seeing a gallows that was put up outside the Capitol, seeing the signs about killing Nancy Pelosi.…”