Political Quotes

“there are two sides to every story. Before he leaves the floor, I would like to say to my friend from Texas--and he is my friend--I was at the World War II Memorial yesterday with an Honor Flight from Illinois. There were no barricades stopping them from going to the memorial, so the characterization on the floor that the veterans were stopped is not true, it is not accurate. I hope the record will reflect that. The reason there is any question about access relates to the shutdown of the U.S. Federal Government, the shutdown of this government. We have passed a continuing resolution, which is a spending bill, to allow the government to function for 6 weeks. We passed it here in the Senate. The House Speaker, Mr. Boehner, refuses to call it for a vote. There is a majority, Democratic and Republican, ready to vote for it, ready to reopen the government, no questions asked about the NIH, about the barricades at the World War II Memorial which were there originally. All these questions will be resolved. Three times this morning the Republicans have objected to bringing that measure up for another vote in the Senate. That worries me. Let me say one other thing about the Affordable Care Act, the insurance exchanges. This morning--I am sorry he has left the floor-- this morning, this is what the Republican leader, Mr. McConnell, said about the insurance exchanges: Embarrassing, embarrassing rollout over ObamaCare exchanges on Tuesday.…”