Political Quotes

“I thank Ms. Pingree and Mr. Perlmutter for their leadership. I welcome all questions from you guys and any other colleagues here, and from any Republicans present. Anybody who wants to pose a question to me, I am all for it. Madam Speaker, Lara Trump, who is President Trump's daughter-in-law and re-election campaign adviser, recently had a message for the furloughed workers and people working without pay. It will all be worth it, she assures us. ``Listen, it's not fair to you, and we all get that; but this is so much bigger than any one person,'' she said in an interview with ``Bold TV''. ``It is a little bit of pain, but it's going to be for the future of our country.'' No, this is not a little bit of pain. A little bit of pain is losing your earring at the White House Christmas party. That is a little bit of pain. This is a lot of pain that the American people are experiencing right now. It is day 34, and tens of thousands of my constituents are suffering because of the shutdown. Military veteran air traffic controllers in Frederick County are being forced to work with no pay, and having to borrow money from their kids' 529 college accounts, with a 10 percent penalty, in order to put food on the table and to pay their mortgage. FDA workers living in Bethesda sent home from the job with no pay, when they are supposed to be keeping our food supply safe from E. coli, salmonella and insect infestation.…”