"But who knows, I may even decide to beat them for a third time."-Former President Trump at #CPAC2021 on possible 2024 Presidential run.
Trump on Biden's immigration policies: "This alone should be reason enough for Democrats to suffer withering losses in the midterms and to lose the White House decisively four years from now."
Trump: "I call on Joe Biden to get the schools open and get them open now."
Trump: "By the time I left that magnificant house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue..."
Trump: "If the Democrats have their way, we are heading from energy dominance to energy disaster."
"We won the election, twice."-Former President Donald Trump February 28, 2021 at #CPAC2021
Trump: "We can never let this or other abuses of the 2020 election be repeated or happen again...We need election integrity and election reform immediately. Republicans should be the party of honest elections."
Trump on election reform bill (HR1) ahead of House vote this week:"Nancy Pelosi & Democrats in Congress are racing to pass a flagrantly unconstitutional attack on 1st Amdt & integrity of our elections..It is a disaster..This monster must be stopped. It cannot be allowed to pass."
Trump: "Now more than ever is the time for tough, strong and energetic Republican leaders who have spines of steel. We need strong leadership."
Trump: "Instead of attacking me, and more importantly, the voters of our movement, top establishment Republicans in Washington should be spending their energy in opposing Biden, Pelosi, Schumer and the Democrats."
Trump:"The Democrats don’t have grandstanders like Mitt Romney, Little Ben Sasse, Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Toomey.And in the House, Tom Rice of South Carolina, Adam Kinzinger, Dan Newhouse, Anthony Gonzalez,that’s another beauty,Fred Upton.."
Trump: "Jaime Herrera Beutler, Peter Meijer, John Katko, David Valadao, and of course the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, Liz Cheney. How about that?...So, hopefully they’ll get rid of her with the next election. Get rid of them all."
Trump: "If Republicans do not stick together, the RINOs, that we're surrounding with, will destroy the Republican Party and the American worker, and will destroy our country itself. The RINOs, you know, Republican in name only. But the Republican Party is united."
Former President Trump at #CPAC2021: "I'm announcing that I will be actively working to elect strong, tough and smart Republican leaders."
Trump on Jim Jordan: "People don't know he was a great wrestler. Tremendous numbers of victories. He was a champion. He was college champion for a long period of time. He's a winner and leader. He doesn't play games. He likes to win."
Trump: "In the Senate, I was undefeated in endorsements with a record of 21 and 0. My endorsement of Mitch McConnell at his request...brought him from one point down to 20 points up, and he won his race."
Trump on GOP winning House seats in 2020 "almost cost crazy Nancy her job. We'll do that the next time around."
Former President Donald Trump at #CPAC2021: "With your help, we will win take back the House. We will win the Senate. And then a Republican president will make a triumphant return to the White House, and I wonder who that will be?"
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Senate NOW voting to confirm Rhode Island Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo to be President Biden's Commerce Secretary. Simple majority is needed. @cspan 2
First Senator to vote No against confirming Rhode Island Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo to be President Biden's Commerce Secretary was Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
Cruz votes No on Raimondo to be Commerce Secretary. He announced his opposition to her confirmation earlier today in Senate floor speech over her views on US trade with China.
McConnell from Senate floor on $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill including "hand-crafted tweeks to Medicare so it pays more money to just three states, Rhode Island, New Jersey and the President's home state of Delaware. You might call it a special kickback for the Acela corridor."
Senate Commerce Chair Cantwell (D-WA) in support on Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo's Commerce Secretary nomination: "I think that this is one of the most things Governor Raimondo that can do as Secretary of Commerce, restore the respect for the scientific process."
HR 1, "For The People's Act," 1st passed House in 2019 on 234-193 party line vote,but was never considered by GOP-led Senate & opposed by President Trump. Republicans call the bill "For The Politicians Act" and GOP leadership is whipping against it, urging its members to vote No.
Hoyer in House HR 1 debate: "Last year, we lost an extraordinary giant in our country. His name was John Lewis,an accolade of Martin Luther King Jr's and a servant for the people. This is a very, very important bill. One could say that everything else we do depends on this bill."
Sanders announces today his plans to offer an amdt to $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill to raise minimum wage to $15,despite the parliamentarian's ruling: “I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32M workers."
Sanders: "My own personal view is that the Senate should ignore the parliamentarian’s advice, which is wrong in a number of respects. I am not sure, however, that my view at this point is the majority view in the Democratic Caucus."
Sanders: "I was extremely disappointed by the decision of the parliamentarian who ruled that the minimum wage provision was inconsistent with the Byrd Rule and the reconciliation process."
Sonceria Ann Berry was sworn in as 35th Secretary of the Senate, the first African American woman to hold this position, by Senate President Pro Tempore Leahy. She was accompanied by Majority Leader Schumer and previously served as Leahy's Deputy Chief of Staff.