Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I have to note we just heard my friend, Mr. Issa, I think reveal what is really going on here. =========================== NOTE =========================== February 27, 2015, on page H1381, the following appeared: Mrs. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker I have to . . . The online version should be corrected to read: Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker I have to . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= He said, and I think I am quoting him correctly, referencing the President, that we don't have to fund him. Well, with all due respect, Mr. Speaker, this is not about funding the President. This is about the decision of this body and the Senate, the Republicans in charge, to continue to kick the can down the road and not fund the most essential government function, and that is public safety and national security. So let's be clear about what is going on here. This is a manufactured, deliberate political crisis intended to deflect attention from the fact that for 7 weeks--7 weeks in session--we have not seen any of the democratic deliberation that my friends on the other side have referred to. They could have brought a funding bill in the first week, in the second week, in the third week, in the fourth week, in the fifth week, in the sixth week, or the seventh week that we have been here on the floor of the House. But have they? No. On the last day before the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, after 7 weeks in session, what do we get? Three weeks of funding.…”