Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, and my colleagues, when you think you've seen it all, just stick around here for another day. Yesterday, one of the most appalling events I've seen in our Nation's Capital was the closing of the World War II Memorial, putting up barriers to stop our veterans from accessing that open space area. How offensive could you be? How much more pain do you want to inflict on the American people? Now, here is the group that closed the White House. This President closed the White House and said he didn't have money to open it to the public. I would suggest, first of all, maybe we need to get a new parks director and fire those folks, or furlough those folks that can't leave public spaces and memorials open to the public. What an offense. When I thought that was offensive yesterday morning, I came to the House last night and saw, again, another horrible offense. We passed, Republicans passed a measure to make certain that our military were paid and our servicemen and -women in harm's way were taken care of financially. We saw, also, the need, afterwards to help our veterans. And last night, in one of the most offensive actions of the House, the other side of the aisle turned down an opportunity to keep our veterans whole. How offensive could you be? But they want to inflict pain. I'm telling you, folks, I've been around here a long time. I've never seen an operation like this. The chief of staff in the U.S.…”