Political Quotes

“It is time for us to, once again, ponder the inevitable: that the government of the United States is important in this world; that the strongest country in the entire world ought to have the strongest operating government; that all across this globe people once looked to America as the symbol of leadership, as the symbol of opportunity, as the country where things got done, and a government that functioned, sort of functioned. We have had our ups and downs, but really the United States was always a symbol that other countries would point to and say: Well, there is a democracy. It has its ups and downs, but it has worked. It has been a place where we could look to for leadership. We are now 32 days into the shutdown of the government of the most important country in the world. What in the world is our President thinking? What is going on here? How did we come to this situation? Before we get into all of the harm that is being done by this government shutdown, let's understand how we got here. Every January, early February, the administration--the President-- puts forward his proposed budget for the coming year. The House and the Senate take that under submission and begin the process of preparing the appropriations and the laws, the changes to enact, or not enact, the proposals that the President has put forth. {time} 1930 In that submission, President Trump proposed $1.6 billion for border security.…”