Political Quotes

“the Supreme Court's ridiculous decision this week to allow the President to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education is a grave blow to the rule of law and defies congressional authority. Justice Sotomayor's dissent warns that the Court is enabling the executive branch to undermine Congress' power of the purse, and she is absolutely right. Perhaps the Republicans in the House and in the Senate and the White House do not understand that nothing brings more money to the U.S. Treasury than the education of the American people, early childhood education, K-12, higher education, post grad, and lifetime learning for our workers. They are cutting education to give tax breaks to the richest people at the expense of America's future, the education of the American people. The Court's disregard for the authority of the legislative branch empowers executive overreach at the expense of accountability and democracy. My colleagues should take pride in being a Member of the House, support this institution and our constitutional right of the power of the purse.”