Political Quotes

“Every day this list is going to get bigger and bigger. All this is is a pink slip to someone unrelated to the current emergency. They are working on emergencies from 3 years ago and now they are being put out of work because of this bullheadedness that is coming from someplace. I hope we can break through on that today. Again, these pictures are difficult to see, but I think it is worth seeing them again. This is what people look like who are listening to this debate--this family sitting on those steps. Someone, either they or their neighbor, is going to say: Did you hear Senator Landrieu on the floor? Did you hear the Senate debate? Why would the Senate of the United States be arguing whether we can get aid? Aren't we building in Afghanistan and Iraq and we are not going to build in North Carolina? I think they are sitting on the Outer Banks of North Carolina thinking: What is going on in the Congress? People are going to be angry, believe me. I do not know what we are going to tell them. What are we going to tell them if we vote no on this? Are we going to tell them we do not have the money? Are we going to tell them we cannot figure out how to budget it? We will figure it out later. We have to, eventually. Every bill we enter into has to be paid for, eventually. You know that, Mr. President. We do not have to decide that this week. Let's tell them yes. Let's do the right thing and let's get help to Joplin, MO.…”