On the recordOctober 16, 2013
There's no good reason why we can't govern responsibly, despite our differences, without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“There's no good reason why we can't govern responsibly, despite our differences, without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis.”
Remarks on the Continuing Appropriations Act
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