Political Quotes

“look, I am going to say it one more time. We wanted more time. Democrats asked for 2 weeks. Our concern was that 2 weeks wasn't long enough. It took the Democrats a week to articulate what it is they wanted. They articulated it via press conference and via tweet, not by conversation. Let's be clear--not by conversation. Then it took them a number of more days, from Wednesday to Saturday, to come up with legislative text. We then did the same thing, working back and forward. Look, you have seen advancements made from the administration. We saw a big announcement made today by Tom Homan. There is no way that you can't say we are working in good faith. We want to continue this conversation, but yet you are penalizing a TSA agent. A TSA agent is going to go without a paycheck. Why? So that you can posture politically. I am over it. Everybody on that side of the aisle knows that ICE and CBP will continue to be funded. They are going to continue to enforce the law just as they should. Who is going to pay the price? It is the TSA agent. It is the person working at FEMA who already went 43 days without a paycheck, who is trying to figure out how to make things work. I have reports of TSA agents sleeping in their cars because they can't afford gas, selling plasma to make their bills. Guys, come on. We are asking to continue a conversation.…”