Political Quotes

“On my first day in office, I joined Democrats and Republicans in voting to reopen the government and end this senseless and now record shutdown. And we have passed Republican legislation. Make no mistake: this is the same legislation that Senate Republicans supported just last month to fund the Federal Government, but instead of taking that legislation up for a vote, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have joined President Trump in what can be best described as a temper tantrum. As the father of a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old, occasionally I know something about a temper tantrum. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have joined President Trump in holding 800,000 Federal workers hostage over a demand for an ineffective, wasteful wall, a fifth century technology for a 21st century problem. Don't get us wrong. Democrats continue to support strong, smart, effective border security solutions, including the following: First, we support new drug, weapons, and contraband scanning technology at official ports of entry; installing new technology to eventually scan all commercial and passenger vehicles for illegal drugs and other contraband at our ports of entry. According to both CBP and DEA, 90 percent of heroin, 88 percent of cocaine, 87 percent of methamphetamine, and 80 percent of fentanyl being smuggled into the U.S. are seized at official ports of entry, not areas between the ports of entry, where President Trump wants to build his wasteful border wall.…”