Political Quotes

“Democrats have been here all night-- and guess what? We are not letting up, because, right now, in Maryland and across this country, the administration is conducting a witch hunt for Federal workers. See, when the President said ``I am your retribution,'' he meant that he will scapegoat, bully, and attempt to silence the Federal workforce. It is a retribution that they do not deserve. I really want to paint a picture of who these Federal workers are and who they are not. They are not partisan hacks, hell-bent on pursuing some kind of political agenda. They are not part of some deep state conspiracy that, apparently, keeps this President awake at night. In fact, to the contrary, these people are hard-working Americans who believe in this government regardless of who the President is. As a matter of fact, they are my friends; many of them are my neighbors; and they are my constituents. They are Marylanders. See, I represent over 150,000 Federal workers. In Maryland, we are proud to have the highest number of Federal workers per capita in the country. They are public servants in the truest sense of the word, who are not guided by party and not moved by vicious news cycles, but they are driven, instead, by mission--a mission to serve this country to the very best of their ability under any President of any party. And in just 17 days, this President has put all of their livelihoods on the line. How shameless. How reckless. How callous. How depraved.…”