One of the reasons why our friends across the aisle are dragging their feet on this legislation is because theyre kind of getting a little worried at the contrast between the productiveness of the 114th Congress compared to the 113th Congress when they were in charge.
WASHINGTON In remarks on the Senate floor today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) criticized Senate Democrats for continuing to stall the bipartisan
FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyns remarks are below and video of his speech can be found
here.
The bill has been stopped in its tracks by our Democratic colleagues and its really shameful."
One of the reasons why our friends across the aisle are dragging their feet on this legislation is because theyre kind of getting a little worried at the contrast between the productiveness of the 114th Congress compared to the 113th Congress when they were in charge."
Democrats lost the election because they didnt have anything to point to as a record of accomplishment because of the failed strategy of the then-Majority Leader from Nevada."
It was a devastating loss. The majority became the minority and new management was put in charge."
Last week for example the Senate passed three bills. It passed an appropriations bill it passed the POLICE Act to make sure that our law enforcement officials get the training they need to deal with active shooter training and we passed a bill called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. All with strong bipartisan support."
My response to them is to simply stop playing politics with our men and women in uniform and drop the stall tactics. It is blatant it is obvious to everyone with eyes in their head and it is absolutely shameful."
Senator John Cornyn a Republican from Texas is a member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees.
