Political Quotes

“I am honored to follow the Senator, our neighbor from across the country. We share a common interest and commitment to one of the great military services in this country, the U.S. Coast Guard. Connecticut is proud to be the home of the Coast Guard Academy and numerous Active-Duty-serving Coast Guard men and women. Not only are we proud of them, but we are deeply mindful of the debt we owe them. It is a debt that is immeasurable in dollars and cents. It is a debt we owe them for the safety and security they provide this country and the blood they have shed in defense of the country. Failing to pay them is a moral failure, and that is why I am proud to be joining the Senator from Washington as well as Senator Thune in a measure to provide payment for the Coast Guard, and I hope we will meet this obligation as soon as possible. We also have an obligation to other Federal workers because they are suffering and sacrificing during this shutdown, now 26 days long. One of them, among the workers I met just last Monday, is Adrian Pellot. He served in the Air Force. He has worked as a behavior detection officer for more than a decade. He is also one of the TSA workers at Bradley not receiving pay. He said to me: We have no income right now. We are bleeding money. Just day-to-day things. Food. I still have to pay the bills. The electric company, the cell phone company--they don't care. They are brutal.…”