Political Quotes

“To all my colleagues, I apologize. I may speak just a little longer than 1 minute--not much. Madam Speaker, I was sitting in my office just a few minutes ago and Representative Michael Waltz, whom I do not know, from the State of Florida rose and said he was here in an empty Capitol. Scores of my fellow Democrats are here because they are outraged that we have shut down the people's government, and they are here, Mr. Waltz, to urge the President of the United States and Mitch McConnell to open up the people's government. That is why they are here. They haven't gone home, Congressman Waltz. We are here. I don't see anybody over here. Madam Speaker, I rise to join with my colleagues in highlighting the absurdity of the Trump-McConnell shutdown and share some of the ways, just some few ways, it is affecting Americans in my district. Now, you can go to this website, trumpshutdownstories.us, and get scores more stories than I will be able to tell on this floor in this short time I will speak. Maryland's Fifth District, which I have the great honor of having represented for the last 38 years, has 62,000 Federal employees, tens of thousands of whom are not getting paid, and some who are being forced--no, who are voluntarily working because they love this country and they love their jobs, and they are working without pay. Is that any way to treat any employee, much less an employee working for their government?…”