Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Americans know that it is crazy to do something you know will not have any effect. That is what is crazy. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. As majority leader in the last Congress, I put 365 pieces of legislation on the floor that became law. Under the Republican majority this Congress, our House has only passed 78 pieces of legislation that have become law, and they have the majority. That is fewer than any of the 22 previous Congresses in which I have served. It is because the Speaker wastes our time on blatantly partisan legislation, including the bill before us today that has no chance of becoming law and risks shutting down the government and which Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says makes no sense. He didn't say that it was crazy, but I might add that. The Senate, including several Senate Republicans, made it clear that this bill's impact on military readiness, veterans' healthcare, and disaster response will make it dead on arrival. It is crazy to send it as dead on arrival. Furthermore, the President has said that he would not sign it. Mr. Speaker, this House's most basic constitutional responsibility is to fund the government, not to appease a handful of far-right Members. We know how this situation ends. It will end the same way as the fight for supplemental aid for Ukraine and Israel. It will end the same way as the battle to raise the debt ceiling.…”