Political Quotes

I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.

We have already taken up way too much of the House's time, of the American people's time. Let's get back to doing the work that they sent us here to do. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and move the previous question on…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. John Gardner said: ``History never looks like history when you are living through it.'' There is no doubt that today's votes in the House of Representatives will reverberate through history and will be…

Here we are once again. My Republican colleagues have decided to end the 118th Congress the same way they started it; not with a serious budget but with partisan chaos. Let's look at the last 2 years. First, the GOP manufactured a debt…