are we doing in the united states? what is our foreign policy? what are we about? and why are we whipping at each other s throats um instead of terrorism that we are now fighting the enemy within ourselves? i want to play part of the video that president biden released tonight focusing on the sense of unity in this country following 9/11. here it is. yeah. unity is what makes us who we are. america at its best. to me, that s the central lesson of september 11th. it s that at our most vulnerable, in the push and pull of all that makes us human, in the battle for the soul of america, unity is our greatest strength. unity doesn t mean we have to believe the same thing. but we must have a fundamental respect and faith in each other and in this nation. clearly, we lost a lot of unity. when you look back on these 20
change the gridlock in washington which has put congress approval rating in the tank? republicans still want to get rid of obamacare, just talking about health care, and democrats still hate the republican plan to put in its place. i mean, what does unity look like and sound like on capitol hill then? unity doesn t mean that suddenly we all vote 100% on an issue, but i think it has to do in terms of the tenor and the tone of the debate, both here in washington and also throughout the country. you know, there s another point that i want to make about this, too, is that when we talk about gridlock, a lot of times people perceive that s the system breaking down that s not working. remember, our founding fathers purposely designed us a system in which it was very difficult to get things done. in many ways, gridlock is the system, it is the fact that it s difficult to get a bill through a house and then work the senate and then have agreement from the executive. it was designed that way