Political Quotes

“I really think we should think long and hard about Senator Kennedy's bill. I fully support it. I hope that we can get every one of our colleagues down here to do the same because what Senator Kennedy's bill says is that if there are people who have stepped up to serve our government in any capacity that are not getting a paycheck as a result of this body not doing its job, then we shouldn't get one either. I think that is pretty common sense. I can promise you that if the staff in this building, if the men and women in this building, if Members of Congress--House, or Senate--weren't getting a paycheck right now, they would be much more eager to come to the table and to have a conversation and to figure out a pathway forward. And I just think we should take a long and hard look at it. I fully support it. If there are men and women who have stepped up to serve, in this instance the Department of Homeland Security, which the very mission of that is to keep our homeland safe--to keep American citizens safe--many of them taking an oath to do just that, and they are not getting a paycheck. If they are not getting one, we shouldn't be either. Look, people are sick of different rules for different people. And I can think of no better example of that than this right here.”