Political Quotes

“First of all, we all know that we're 8 days into this Tea Party Republican government shutdown with $2.4 billion in lost economic activity. This hostage-taking continues. The Tea Party Republicans continue to want to deny millions of Americans health care. That's why this shutdown continues, and the public knows this. Because of the devastating sequester, already more than 57,000 students have lost their Head Start spots. At the same time, the Tea Party Republicans insisted on cutting food stamps by $40 billion for these same children. So you can't tell me that today they care about these kids when they fight to cut Head Start and every other program for young people in the Appropriations Committee. The National Head Start Association doesn't buy this very sinister approach, which will not reopen the government. They know that there are enough votes to open the government up if Speaker Boehner brings the Senate budget bill to the floor. Also, let me just say many Democrats did not want the funding level of the Senate budget bill, but compromised just to get the government open. Let's shut down this shutdown.”