Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and I associate myself fully with his remarks. I thank the gentleman, Mr. Hoyer, for his great leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Republican's latest stopgap funding bill. I take great pride in House Democrats overwhelmingly supporting the first continuing resolution in September to give the majority a chance to get the job done. But after months of Republicans' excuses and extensions, I refuse to be an enabler to the Republicans' failures any longer. This past week once again exposed the utter incompetence of the Republican-controlled government. Here we are ending the Trump shutdown with Republicans' fourth stopgap short-term bill. The Republicans have failed to get their act together for the fourth time to fund the government for a full year. In August, Defense Secretary Mattis was asked: What would be the effect of another stopgap short-term spending bill on the military? You all know he replied: ``It just creates unpredictability. It makes us rigid. We cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still.'' ``So it's about as unwise as can be.'' Mr. Speaker, there are also other statements for the Record to that effect from the Navy Secretary, et cetera. Now, the Trump shutdown will end, but Republicans' wasteful incompetence continues. There is a dark cloud over the Capitol, Mr.…”