Political Quotes

“I rise out of a deep concern for our country and its ability to sustain investments in growing our economy and making opportunities available for our people. Our country suffered the longest government shutdown in its history just a few months ago. For 35 days, 800,000 Federal employees and their families were forced to go without paychecks. Our economy was burdened by uncertainty and a lack of confidence in our leaders. That shutdown was the direct result of the Trump administration's confrontational approach to governing and its irresponsible decision to insist on a position that Congress had already rejected. I would have hoped that they learned from that experience, but it appears that that is not the case. Now President Trump and Mick Mulvaney--a former colleague of ours who voted not only to shut down the government, but against the wishes of the Republican Speaker, voted against opening government up--have sent to Congress a budget proposal that ramps up confrontation and sets up an even more difficult impasse. Their budget proposal rejects 6 years of governing consensus enshrined in three 2-year budget agreements to raise the caps put in place by the Budget Control Act in a bipartisan way and according to the principles of parity, fairness, and equality.…”