Political Quotes

“At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the very distinguished ranking member of the Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Committee, as well as the chair of our Steering and Policy Committee. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this irresponsible and purely political proposal by the House majority. The Government of the United States is shut down. Hundreds of thousands of Federal employees are furloughed. Our country is bleeding from 1,000 self-inflicted cuts, and this majority is trying to play political games rather than work to resolve the crisis. Because the majority has decided to shut the government down, all three of the priorities that we are voting on today--the Veterans Affairs Department, the National Park Service, the D.C. government--are in immediate need of funding, but so are countless other priorities that are not part of these proposals. Right now, nearly 9 million mothers and children are losing out on infant formula and nutrition support; food banks are being forced to curtail their activity. Food safety efforts at the Food and Drug Administration are being compromised. Families cannot get home loans. Small businesses cannot get SBA loans. Seventy-three percent of the National Institutes of Health have been furloughed, and biomedical research that saves lives is on hold.…”