Quotes About Legislation

We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament.

Way back in 2000, the EPA was poised, and, in fact, had drafted a rule, to specially regulate pollution - water pollution and other types of pollution - from power plants, but the energy industry pushed back pretty significantly.

The conversation has become so divisive now on all types of immigration reform that it is really hard to move anything.

In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens.

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.

A Global Magnitsky Bill, which broadens the scope of the US Magnitsky Act to human rights abusers around the world was passed in December 2016. Estonia adopted Magnitsky legislation in December 2016, and the UK followed in April 2017. These are great successes, but my fight for justice continues.

My ultimate goal is a statewide non-discrimination law with broad protections, and I will keep striving for it.

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.

So we still need a permanent fix. The president would sign the Dream Act tomorrow, the next day, the day after that. That's ultimately the only way to fix this, is for congressional action.

Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.

Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress.

Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find the criminal economy, the illegal economy, but also those gray areas, gray areas where there is not a proper regulation, where there is not legislation for the economy.

The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate.

Anyone who advocates pill testing is giving the green light to drugs. That is absolutely unacceptable.

What is problematic about Obamacare is that it is killing millions of jobs in this country and has killed millions of jobs. It has forced millions of people into part time work. It has caused millions of people to lose their insurance, to lose their doctors, and to face skyrocketing insurance premiums. That is unacceptable.

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.

Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.

It's got to be both houses and the people coming together in unanimous decision when you start messing with the Constitution.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to deliver a floor speech on immigration reform in Spanish.

Obamacare is an unbelievable job killer.

The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act doesn't protect women's health. It threatens it.

Alabama will continue to fight for life so that every unborn child is protected.

The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.