Political Quotes

“The statement made earlier by the majority leader is worthy of note. In less than an hour the government will close. That means agencies all across the United States will start notifying government employees: Go back home. Don't go to work. You may not be paid today. People who are reaching out to those agencies for services--SBA loans, student loans, advice on Social Security, veterans' benefits--they are going to find recordings instead of government workers there to help them. That is not good. It does not speak well for this great Nation that we have reached this point. What we hear now from the House of Representatives is they want to talk some more. Now they want to sit down with the Senate to talk this over. But only after the government shuts down. That is the difference. They will only talk after the government shuts down. What the majority leader has said is a reasonable compromise. What he said is this: Pass the 6-week budget that we sent over to you, the CR, with no strings attached, no political gimmicks, so that the government continues functioning, so that America is open for business. Do that and during that time we will sit down and talk with you about future funding for the rest of the year. Party to that conversation should be the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Murray. She worked hard to pass a budget resolution. She tried 18 times on the floor to get to a conference committee with the House.…”