Political Quotes

“Ladies and gentlemen, the House as all of you know, as is too often the case, we are at a point in time in our schedule where, as I said, too often we find ourselves on the brink of a CR or some other document expiring which leaves the government without funds to continue. That will happen tomorrow at midnight. We have been in constant communication with the United States Senate, and we are not exactly sure what they are going to pass and, more importantly, when they are going to pass it. As a result, we are confronted with the challenge of ensuring that we have passed a document which will ensure that government does not shut down tomorrow night. Therefore, it is our intent at this point in time to recess to go to the Rules Committee to obtain a short-term CR, for 3 days, until Tuesday night. Now, there is a lot of grumbling on my side, and I appreciate your courtesy on your side. But having said that, I know there are at least 434 of my colleagues who are not happy about anything right now, and I want you to know I will make that a unanimous judgment. I am not happy, either. But we are in the place where we have a responsibility and we have not yet completed it, for whatever reason. There is a lot of blame to go around, but the fact is we are not where we need to be.…”