Political Quotes

“Last night, the President went on television in an attempt to justify his decision to shut down our government and plunge our country into chaos. He claims that we are in the middle of an emergency, and I actually agree with him on that. I just don't agree on what the emergency is. It is an emergency that more than 5,200 Federal workers in Michigan are working without pay, or are furloughed. It is an emergency that the Environmental Protection Agency has halted inspections of our drinking water systems. And it is an emergency that our President is ready to spend, in his words, ``years'' prolonging this shutdown and hurting American families for the sake of an ineffective and expensive border wall. On day 1, House Democrats took the first steps to clean up this mess by passing a complete funding package to reopen our government. Now we are preparing further action to reopen all government agencies, one by one, and remove any doubt that hardworking Americans will receive their tax refunds and the services they depend on. Enough is enough. Michiganders can't afford one more day of the Trump shutdown. ____________________”