Political Quotes

“Is there no one in this chamber who is embarrassed? Or perhaps the question should be: Is no one in this chamber not embarrassed? The Senate panics and passes a bill to correct the failures of a small part of the abominable consequences of the ``sequester'' or sequestration. We are now funding the failures of what we did earlier. With red faces and guilty looks, we vote on a quick correction of one important, but small, consequence--furloughs at the FAA amongst controllers--and now we sneak out of town, believing that we have made the travelling public safe. Have we? Baloney! A really huge problem still remains unaddressed. The budget is a giant mess. Many other perils to our society, to our safety, and to the wellbeing of our people are quietly ignored as we sneak out of Washington to go home for speeches, campaigning and schmoozing with our people. How many of us will describe our real failures we leave unaddressed? Dangers at the borders, cuts and furloughs to Custom & Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security, and other security agencies--all unaddressed. Food and Drug Administration--cut, sequestered, and unable to protect our people's health and safety. Roads, highways, and bridges--all in danger. Law enforcement at risk and with cuts, sequesters, and all that goes with those events to fester in our absence. Education--our schools, colleges, universities, and research facilities are all affected with uncertainty.…”