Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the supplemental bill that is before us, but what should be appropriately called the ``Ukraine funding bill.'' It is only in America where we try to fund other nation's problems, to fight other people's wars for them, before we fix our own budget. We are just weeks away from our own government funding ending. We had the President's budget, which was due several weeks ago--we don't have that budget. We have not done the funding for this year yet. Yet we are moving on to a supplemental bill, of course, all in the background of $34 trillion of debt. A couple of things to point out about this supplemental bill. Stating the obvious, there is no border security in this bill--nothing to secure our border. We are about to send almost $100 billion overseas without addressing our most imminent national security threat that our Nation faces: our open southern border. I want to start also by saying this. I am not apologetic about being a patriot. A patriot is a person that puts America first. Look, I am always going to root for my home team, the Panthers. I am always going to root for the Kansas City Chiefs. I don't wish other players any ill will, but I will always be an American first. When the American hockey team is playing the Russian hockey team, I am going to root for the American hockey team. If the American soccer team is playing the German soccer team, I am going to root for the American team. I don't have ill will toward the others.…”