Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, after 40 days of this Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, this symbolic resolution is all that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have. Let's be clear: We are here today because Republicans who control the White House, the Senate, and this House have failed to govern. Their failure, and their failure alone, has produced this shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Instead of sitting down to negotiate a serious path forward, they have brought us this: a nonbinding resolution that does nothing to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, nothing to pay its workforce, and nothing to make our country safer. A resolution is not a paycheck. A resolution is not accountability. A resolution is not a substitute for governing. Transportation security officers are working without a paycheck right now. The men and women of FEMA, CISA, and across DHS are showing up every day, not knowing when they will be paid. They do not need our words; they need a check. They need this shutdown to end. Let me be clear about where Democrats stand. Democrats have been fighting for the TSA workforce and the broader DHS mission long before Republicans discovered this week that DHS is more than ICE and CBP.”