Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to remind everyone that the people have spoken. They spoke in November. The Republicans are the majority in the House. The Republicans are the majority in the Senate. They elected President Trump. The people have spoken. I would like to bring it back to what we are actually talking about today, and that is the rule in front of us. We are discussing the rule and the continuing resolution. As my colleague from Texas mentioned, there was not a single ``no'' vote from Democrats for the continuing resolution in December. They are standing here today willing to shut down the government not because of anything substantive in the bill but because they believe that as long as they are acting against the Trump administration, against the elected President's and Republicans' agenda, then they must be doing the right thing. Motivation by blind hatred, that is the Democratic Party that we have before us today. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, this rule contains tariffs, and I don't understand why the gentlewoman supports these tariffs. She represents a district with over 50,000 farmers, the second most of any Member of Congress. During the last trade war started by Trump, American farmers lost $27 billion in agricultural exports. It is farmers in the gentlewoman's district who are being harmed by these tariffs, so I don't understand why she supports them. Mr.…”