[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14264-14265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE ELECTION AND WORKING TOGETHER

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we have had a regularly scheduled 
election in this country every 2 years since 1788. This year's campaign 
was long and it was tough, and I think everyone is glad it is over. I 
think Americans are ready to come together and move the country 
forward.
  As President Obama reminded us, we are all on one team. This is an 
intramural scrimmage. We are not Democrats first. We are not 
Republicans first. We are Americans first. We are patriots first. Now, 
as he put it, we are all rooting for the success of the President-elect 
for uniting and leading the country.
  I want to congratulate President-Elect Trump on his victory. I want 
to thank the American people for placing their trust in this Senate 
majority and the House majority as well. Speaker Ryan and I had 
productive discussions with the President-elect last week. We are both 
looking forward to working with him, but first there is work to be done 
in the current session of the Senate.
  We will welcome some new Members, beginning with orientation this 
week. We will bid farewell to some dear colleagues. We will finish the 
work that remains before us.
  So welcome back, everyone. We still have some work to do, and with 
some cooperation from both sides, we will get it done.

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