Political Quotes

“I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to speak in opposition to the majority's temporary funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. However, our crisis that we are at at this point and at our border is not temporary, and it continues to grow during this government shutdown. I am not sure why my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will expect a different outcome today when the real solution, as we all know, starts when everyone sits around the negotiating table. The people elected the President and they elected each of us. They elected each of us to do our job, and this is a serious job. Legislating is governing; not putting bills on the floor of the House that we know the President will veto. He has continued to say that he will veto this legislation, and we know what the outcome will be. I think all of the political points have been made here this morning, and I believe that it is time that we put partisanship aside to try to work together to try to find a solution. Instead of using the words ``coming together to compromise,'' I think we should use better words to say, ``We need to find common ground.'' Just saying ``no'' to the physical infrastructure is not really a negotiating position.…”