Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come to the floor having just heard my colleague, the Democrat leader, senior Senator from New York. Formerly, he had been the majority leader; now the minority leader because of an election we just had. I heard him talk about the fact that household debt is up. Every American who has lived through the last 4 years knows that household debt is up, and they know why household debt is up. It is up because we have been living through 4 years of a previous administration, which was an administration of high prices and open borders, and people have been paying the price; and the debt of the American families is much higher than it was when they took over. That is why President Trump and Republicans in the Senate and the House are now in a situation where we are trying to get America back on track. So to hear the minority leader talk about household debt being up, there is a reason, and they are the cause of that. And so I am delighted by seeing the headlines that just came out this morning in terms of the economy under President Trump. New York Times, ``U.S. Inflation Shows Improvement.'' We need a lot of improvement there. Happy to see it is showing improvement; we have a long way to go. Wall Street Journal, ``Inflation . . . Lower Than Expected.'' Republicans knew that we would be able to deliver for the American people. We are doing just that. Now, I am from an energy State. The Presiding Officer is from an energy State. We produce a lot of American energy.…”