Bernie Moreno

“I want to urge my colleagues, at 4:30 today, to vote strongly in objection to S. Res. 616. This resolution, introduced by our Democrat colleagues, is a relic of a failed past approach to Central America, one that imposes a leftist ideology and a purity test and ties our hands, while cartels flood our streets with poison and chaos spills across our borders in the hemisphere. It demands a report dredging up old allegations against a former Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernandez, focusing on events from his administration.”

“I will make my remarks very, very brief. For those watching on TV, wondering what their government did this week, what you just witnessed on the floor of the U.S. Senate is one Democrat, at least, who is willing to have his position stated. The other ones are hiding because they know what they did today was so wrong. At the end of the day, the most important job we have is to protect the American people. And because of Democrat political posturing, they made this country less safe.”

“So I think it is important to clear up a couple of things in no particular order. First of all, I did not cosponsor the HONEST Act. I was the cosponsor of the PELOSI Act, which was a tribute--an honor--to the Member of the House of Representatives that made grift on this job an absolute master class. Your Representative from Northern California came here almost five decades ago and has managed to build a $300 million net worth. Her Twitter account is one of the most followed accounts, as my colleague from Nebraska pointed out.”

“There is an expression that says don't let facts get in the way of a good story. What we just heard is a good story. Let's, unfortunately, dissect the facts that are completely inaccurate. I am on the Homeland Security Committee; my colleague from California is not. That was not the bill that we sponsored.”

“One, resolutions like this sound very much mild. It actually is just a bunch of words that basically just say: Resolved, That the Senate recognizes unchecked climate change poses severe risks to national and global economies. What is wrong with that? What is wrong with saying something like that? So let me explain where these kinds of ideas go.”

“We have a situation in America today in which 260,000 families are without a paycheck. This fiscal year, they have been without a paycheck for more than half of this year. Now, in the private sector you look at it and say: Well, why would you not pay somebody?”