Political Quotes

“the government has been shut down for nearly a month--the longest full government shutdown in American history. It all began with the Democratic leader's desire to play politics with people's lives and paychecks. Americans, including those in Louisiana, are paying the price. Nationwide, 1.4 million Federal employees--many of whom, of course, are living paycheck to paycheck--are furloughed or working without pay, and 13,000 air traffic controllers have already missed 1 paycheck and will miss another soon. SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and food stamps--these benefits run out November 1 in many States, like mine, and that is just 2 days away. In Louisiana alone, that is 804,000 individuals, including 312,000 children, who rely on SNAP. Now, this is not an abstract ideological issue; we are literally talking about food on the table. SNAP can be the difference between a child having a full belly, going to sleep, waking up the next morning, and going to school happy and that same child asking their mom when is the next time they will eat a meal, going to bed hungry, and doing poorly the next day. Republicans are working to extend the program. I want a bill to fund SNAP, but it looks like we will not have Democratic support to pass. There are a lot of empty dinner tables and a lot of children going to bed hungry. Democrats have voted against reopening our government 13 times.”