Political Quotes

You have a solid number of appropriators who are very concerned about the direction that the OMB director has taken with this pocket rescission.

But that independence is called into question when overt political pressure from the White House leads to unusual personnel changes and criminal charges filed just days after the President calls for them.

The fact is, advancing the final appropriations bills and avoiding a government shutdown will require a great deal of hard work and collaboration when Congress resumes session next week.

I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans who are not going to be advantaged by this bill.