Political Quotes

“I hope that was not a Freudian slip of our confidence in the ability to get that done as quickly as we would like. In any event, I think that is appropriate, and I am hopeful that we can, in fact, accomplish that. I want to tell the majority leader from my perspective that if we don't get that done in the short term, then I would be very reluctant to support continuing resolutions at the level which has now been substituted for the agreement that was reached in the bipartisan budget agreement. There are substantial differences, as you know, in the 302(a) allocation, the allocation of discretionary spending, one at $1.012 trillion and one at $986 billion, so that there is a substantial discrepancy between those figures. We reached agreement on the higher number. The Senate came down about 45, the House went up about 45 and reached a compromise. I think America was pleased that we reached a compromise. I would want to be on the record as saying that if we went to longer term CRs, I would want to have some serious discussions about the level of those CRs in terms of the operations of government. The other issue I wanted to ask the gentleman about, as you know, we had a previous question yesterday. That previous question, had it been defeated, would have allowed the House to consider the extension of unemployment insurance for 3 months, consistent with what the Senate had proposed.…”