Political Quotes

“I am going to try to keep this short because the issues that we are debating here are not that complicated. I agree with my colleague from Washington State. We are working around the clock. We are in our conference right now trying to get an amendment to bolster border security, that the whole country, by the way, wants--Democrats, Republicans--the whole country wants that. So we are working around the clock too. And my colleague did misstate something. I actually voted to get on this bill. I voted to get on this bill. So her statement about my vote, she needs to check my vote the other day. But be that as it may, once again, she says there is only one serious solution. Well, this body has done this before. The Senator from Washington State has done this before. On the eve of a shutdown in 2013, the Senator from Washington State voted for this bill. Every Senator voted for this bill. So when she keeps saying, ``Let's get real,'' I agree, let's get real. Go look at your vote from 2013. You voted for this on the eve of a shutdown. I will remind my colleague from Washington State, in 2019, when there was a partial government shutdown, focused on the Coast Guard which wasn't getting paid and the Democrats blocked my bill to pay the Coast Guard, she actually stated: It is absolutely unacceptable that our Coast Guard families went without their paychecks during the shutdown. We need to make sure President Trump doesn't put them through this again.…”