Political Quotes

“But as we are here today, Democrats would rather bypass their budget process and talk about their liberal wish list. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. People always ask: Why don't you work together? How do you work with that? To come down here and to lecture us about deficits or about budgets, give me a break. When the gentleman's party was in power, when they controlled the House, the Senate, and the White House, they gave us a $2 trillion debt because of a tax cut that went to wealthy people, to big corporations. When they controlled the House, the Senate, and the White House, they shut the government down. They couldn't even agree amongst themselves. It was the first time in history that we ended a Congress with a government shutdown. When they lost power, they gave Democrats a government that was shut down. We had to clean up the mess, and we continue to do that. In all of the years of disinvestment when they were in charge with Donald Trump, we are now trying to put the people first. That is what this is about. I am proud of this bill. I am proud of the investments in medical research, in our families, in our children, in our senior citizens, and in our veterans. That is what this is all about. These bills are being brought to the floor. I hate to tell the gentleman that is what we are doing; they are coming to the floor.…”