Political Quotes

“Reclaiming my time, let's reflect on why we are here. We are here because the President said we have a difference of agreement on parts of government. We negotiated over the course of months to fund 75 percent of our government. The good news, Mr. Speaker, is that the vast majority of our government has been funded, including our troops. Our military are being paid. We were able to come to an agreement there. The bad news is, Mr. Speaker, we were not able to come to an agreement over the remaining 25 percent. And people around the country, I am sure, wonder: Why can't they work it out? And I think, Mr. Speaker, you just saw a display of why this can't be worked out. Because, Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States got a request from his Homeland Security officials, people who risk their lives to keep our country safe. They said, Mr. Speaker: It is going to take $5.7 billion to give us the tools we need to secure our border. And I asked the gentleman just a moment ago, Mr. Speaker, once again, how much are you willing to support if you won't support the $5.7 billion? The entire time, not once did the gentleman from Maryland give a number--not once. If the gentleman would give a number, I would yield, but there are a lot of other things that he said that need to be corrected that I want to also address. Is the gentleman willing to give a number over $1, which is the Speaker's number? $5.7 billion, $1.…”