Political Quotes

“yesterday Congress passed yet another short-term continuing resolution. While this avoids a shutdown, it is far from ideal. Certainly a shutdown is not good governing. I think all of us can agree on that much. I wish to remind my colleagues, though-- particularly those on the other side of the aisle--that continuing resolutions are hardly better. While the American people demand that we get our financial house in order, Washington continues to pass stopgap after stopgap funding bills. Instead of tackling this challenge head- on, these short-term extensions continue current funding levels and prevent us from stopping waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Just like a shutdown, this, too, is no way to govern. There is another option. We don't have to choose between a continuing resolution and a shutdown. The third choice is the right choice, and that choice is for this Chamber to follow regular order and pass all 12 appropriations bills. We have done our work at the Appropriations Committee. For the first time in 6 years, every spending bill has cleared committee--all 12--and most of them passed with strong bipartisan support. I commend the Appropriations Chairman Cochran and Leader McConnell for their leadership to make that happen. The full Senate has the responsibility to consider each of these bills as well. Leader McConnell is committed to this approach. Our caucus is behind it 100 percent.…”