Political Quotes

“I say, as has been stated before, enough is enough. We have got to get this Government up and running again. Federal employees, Federal contractors, and American citizens are needlessly suffering. It is a time to put an end to this. Frankly, I applaud the Senate for passing a continuing resolution yesterday, and I do hope that this body and the House of Representatives will have an opportunity to vote on that continuing resolution for a limited period of time. I believe, as the other Members of this House do on both sides of the aisle, judging from the votes we have had, that we can have a balanced budget in 7 years scored by CBO, and let us let the President present his budget to the negotiators so we can move ahead with a continuing resolution. But, you know, I want to point out that this shutdown has a human side. It has a human side. We have got 280,000 Federal employees who are furloughed. There is pain out there, there is suffering out there, there is anguish and anger out there. Some 760,000 Federal employees received partial paychecks. They are anxious about their next paycheck they fear may be empty. Countless Federal contractors, many who are in this region, have been forced to lay off employees due to stop-work orders on contracts that are current and the uncertainty of future contracts. This work and these wages will never be recouped.”