Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, we have got to end this Trump shutdown. It is self- inflicted, costly, damaging, and dangerous. It is up to Congress to end it. Speaker after speaker on the Republican side this afternoon have looked somewhat wistfully at the bills that passed the House Appropriations Committee in the prior Congress. They longed for the chance to consider funding bills that reflect compromise between the House and the Senate, the equivalent of conference agreements, that we negotiated last year. Do we prefer those bills, Mr. Speaker? Of course, we do. But we missed our opportunity to pass those bills in September and we missed it again in December, when Republicans controlled all the levers of government. Now the new Democratic majority is forced to clean up this mess in the middle of the Trump shutdown. This bill would reopen DOT and HUD, and it would provide billions in critical transportation and housing investments for our communities, families, and businesses. This bill, and others on the floor this week, is the best way to make it as easy as possible for the Senate to say yes. That is what this is all about, Mr. Speaker: the Senate to say yes and end this shutdown. They have already said yes to these bills. I remind my colleagues and the Senate leadership of another interesting fact, this bill, and other bills, can become law, even if the President were to withhold his signature.…”