Political Quotes

“a new year begins, and it brings us new challenges, new opportunities, and new faces in the 116th Congress. I welcome the nine freshman Senators: Mrs. Blackburn of Tennessee, Mr. Braun of Indiana, Mr. Cramer of North Dakota, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Martha McSally of Arizona, Mitt Romney of Utah, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Rick Scott of Florida, and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Their talent and hard work brought them here, and now we have an expanded Senate Republican majority--a majority we built on in the 115th Congress. Albeit, we are still short of the 60 votes needed to pass most pieces of legislation, we have a group of people committed to the values of our party and our country and working together to find solutions for the Nation. During the swearing-in last week, as I was sworn in to the Senate, my 96-year-old mother joined us. She attended, enjoyed it, watches the opening every day for the Pledge of Allegiance and for the prayer from Reverend Black, and looks to that as a sign of our Nation moving forward. From the time I was a little boy, she would always say: ``This is the most important year of your life.'' She started when I was very young, and I think her lesson remains today. For me and for all of us, this is the most important year of our lives, for ourselves, for our Nation, and for the world. She would say: What you do this year makes a big difference for the future, so make sure you do it right.…”