Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman so very much for joining us and bringing to our attention the issues in his district, as well as his experience. The final words that he has said ring in my ears, and I am sure they ring in the ears of people around this world who are looking at the United States and saying: What is going on there? What is this all about? There is much, much more to say. I will go through a couple things very, very quickly here. There are 800,000 government employees across the Nation--in California, there are 37,542--who are not being paid but still working. They are furloughed, and they are wondering how they will meet their mortgages and how they will meet their bills. {time} 2000 We also know that this shutdown is approaching the 1-month mark. And very, very soon, if we don't act and we don't get this government back up and working, there are 45,714,688 people in the United States who will lose their SNAP benefits--these are the food stamps--in other words, their ability to have food on their tables--45,714,000 people. The day of reckoning for these people is coming very soon. The exact day is not exactly known, but it is toward the end of this month or the first weeks of February. So let's keep in mind those 45 million people who depend upon food stamps. In my own district, just upstream from the district is the Oroville Dam, which came close to collapsing and put at risk nearly 200,000 people downstream from it.…”