Political Quotes

“The government is shut down. There is no excuse for that. But the President wants his way, and he has taken 800,000 people hostage, and the ransom he demands is his wall. {time} 1245 Nancy Pelosi has nothing to do with shutting down this government. We have passed bill after bill over the last 2 weeks to open up this government. If the minority whip thinks it is good for border security not to pay people who are protecting the border, he and I differ. Let me tell you what Mick Mulvaney said. Now, he wasn't there last night, and I talked to Senator Graham last night. He made the statement that I just reflected to you. Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said, in 2015--I understand it is not when he is working for the President, who is paying his salary-- ``To just say build the darn fence and have that be the end of an immigration discussion is absurd and almost childish for someone running for President to take that simplistic of a view.'' He said that on WRHI on 8/25/15. Look it up. The government is shut down. If the minority whip will look at the record, we funded more money for border security in 2009 than was funded in the next 7 years under Republican control. They didn't bring their bill, Mr. Speaker, to the floor until 11\1/2\ months had passed.…”