Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, once again, we find ourselves only hours away from the third Republican shutdown of the Trump Presidency, and we know how we got here. {time} 1845 Seven key appropriations bills, six of them teed up with bipartisan support, could have and should have been passed in September or, for that matter, this very week. Instead, Republicans came up with a 6-week continuing resolution, and now they have backed down even on that. Instead of taking ``yes'' for an answer following last night's Senate vote on this continuing resolution, the best House Republicans could come up with is a craven attempt to placate the President and his anti- immigrant demagoguery. Despite telling us for years that Mexico would pay for this grandiose border wall, the President and the Speaker have decided that fulfilling this foolhardy campaign promise is worth shutting down the government. The President said so himself last week. ``I will take the mantle,'' he said. ``I will be the one to shut it down.'' To add insult to injury, as though throwing billions in taxpayer money at the President's wall wasn't bad enough, the Republican majority now has cynically added much-needed disaster recovery funds in the final hour, despite knowing full well that this bill is no more than a political stunt. Mr. Speaker, we know we need these disaster funds. I have repeatedly stressed the urgency of increased funding for the millions in my State still reeling from disasters.…”