Quorum call quorum call quorum call a senator mr. President , i rise today just to give some words again on behalf of the million americans, 2. 3 million, including the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Mr. Booker i would ask the end of the quorum, please. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Booker thank you, very much. I rise today again to speak on behalf of the 2. 3 million americans, including the 140,000 New Jerseyans, whove been without a job for months and desperately need our help. These americans are americans who are veterans, whove stood for us in the military and armed forces. These are families, individuals with children. These are our seniors. These are folks whove been working for decades and suddenly found themselves in the worst economy of my lifetime without a job. Im very proud of this body. We are inching closer towards passing legislation to restore federal Unemployment Insurance. What this money does is it takes families from crisis the me
Primary. They lose. One of three reasons. They are old. They lose because of scandal. They lose because they become out of touch. That is what happened in this situation. This is what were seeing in the nbcwall street journal poll. Given a choice, 60 of the American Public would pull a lover that would take every Single Member of congress out, including their own. Opportunity orat an independent on the ballot, you would get one in for voting for the independent. Four voting for the independent. The American Public is looking for a way to get rid of these guys. They hate washington. Eric cantor is an easy point that was there. Mitch mcconnell has never been loved in kentucky. Challengebably has a that cantor had. I am not a pollster. They are. We are going to poll you. This is the first Audience Response question. How would you respond the military and Economic Future . Want toese lines, i talk about one of the most basic numbers that these guys have. Is the country on the right track o
Here is just a bit of what we witnessed. This campaign for the last year, donald trump mocked everybody with personal attacks. The media has given these personal attacks an incredible amount of coverage. Lets talk again about the issues that matter to this country. Im ready to do that starting here, tonight. I happened to call him a light weight. I would like to take that back. Hes not that much of a light weight. He hit my hands. Look at those hands, are they small hands . And he referred to my hands if theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem. I dont think the people of america are interested in a bunch of bickering school children, theyre interested in solutions not slogans. Throughout this campaign, i talked about issues. I have never tried to go get into these kinds of scrums were seeing on say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. I beat hillary. Hold on, hold on. The audience cannot understand when youre talking over each
Here is just a bit of what we witnessed. This campaign for the last year, donald trump mocked everybody with personal attacks. The media has given these personal attacks an incredible amount of coverage. Lets talk again about the issues that matter to this country. Im ready to do that starting here, tonight. I happened to call him a light weight. I would like to take that back. Hes not that much of a light weight. He hit my hands. Look at those hands, are they small hands . And he referred to my hands if theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem. I dont think the people of america are interested in a bunch of bickering school children, theyre interested in solutions not slogans. Throughout this campaign, i talked about issues. I have never tried to go get into these kinds of scrums were seeing on the stage and people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. I beat hillary. Hold on, hold on. The audience cannot understand when you
Internet is exploding. Whats he doing . Hes making a fool out of himself. I watched him yesterday, and it was sad. As for governor romney, he had plenty to say when he sat down with Gloria Borger earlier today. I wanted to remain as a neutral umpire if you will, calling balls and strikes and some fouls and ive done that along the way. But over the last several weeks, some of the things donald trump has said and done, both on policy as well as temperamental things have suggested to me i just couldnt wait any longer. Do you think its too late, though . I dont know what impact these things have politically. But i do know that when my grandkids say, what did you do to stop donald trump . I didnt want to sit on the sidelines until the end. You could potentially drive his supporters into his arms even more because you are a symbol of the republican establishment. I spent my life in business. I didnt get involved in politics until quite late in life. I think everybody that someone is opposed