Political Quotes

“Mr. President, obviously, the news that is dominating Washington, DC, and indeed the Nation is the shutdown. Yesterday, I joined in a colloquy with other colleagues, both Democrats and Republicans, asking that we find some middle way. The President clearly has moved. He has offered to reopen the government, I am told, if only a downpayment will be made to construct the wall, and has come forward with a good-faith effort. Ms. Pelosi--I would ask that she, as the Speaker, who seems to be the chief negotiating partner, do the same. I myself have two pieces of legislation that I will be offering today or Monday that will ease the burden on those Federal workers who are still working and not getting paid--and we thank them so much for doing so--as well as come up with an alternative way to perhaps fund the wall. NFC Championship Controversy Mr. President, with the seriousness of that, I also want to address one other issue that is particularly serious to folks in Louisiana. I hope it doesn't seem out of place with the shutdown, but I can state that to the folks back home, it is something that continues to disturb them. I would like to bring up the NFC championship game. The State of Louisiana is outraged because of what happened in the Superdome last Sunday. Televisions were broken, Super Bowl boycott concerts scheduled, billboards were put up in Atlanta, and fans filed lawsuits.…”