Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague from Oklahoma, Senator Lankford, for his dedication to this issue and his very substantive output. I was privileged to serve on the minigroup that put a lot of work into this under Senator Scott's very able leadership. I am thankful for the way Senator Lankford always approaches issues, not disparaging motives but always looking at ways to improve and make this world a better place because that is what this is about. I have been listening to a lot of the arguments, a lot of the discussion, and I am saying to myself: If somebody watching this from afar--from Oklahoma or from West Virginia or from Vermont--I am thinking to myself, what is all this talk about 60 votes and cloture and all this? They are not focused on that. All they know is that we failed--this failed. This was an opportunity that we should have grasped. We had a chance to discuss the need for police reform and to look at the very serious issues of racial inequalities. I am exceedingly disappointed. I thought yesterday--no, actually Monday, I thought, good, we are going to get on this bill. We are going to have a healthy debate and amendments. We are going to be in front of the American people, giving our different opinions. We are going to vote up or down, and we are actually going to have a product here that is actually going to help. But it derailed. It derailed badly. I am very disappointed by that, as I think everybody in this country should be.…”