Political Quotes

Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you to the staff who is here as well. This actually is the third time I have been down here in the last couple of days to talk about some of the things we are confronting at this moment when we are…

I am sorry it is the misfortune of the Presiding Officer to be in the chair again when I am speaking. I don't actually speak that often on the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. I wouldn't miss it.

Before he leaves the floor, I just wanted to thank my colleague from Georgia for the moral clarity of his remarks tonight. It is interesting to think for a moment of what we are dealing with and what the context of this budget is. We are…

Not only does withholding pay irreparably harm some of the N.P.S.’s most vulnerable staff at a time of immense difficulty and uncertainty, it discourages future applicants and further strains the N.P.S.’s ability to recruit the skilled…