Political Quotes

“here we are on a Sunday evening with the government technically already shut down, a year basically after President Trump said: What we need is ``a good shutdown.'' I didn't say that. My colleagues in the Democratic caucus didn't say that. President Trump said that: What we need is ``a good shutdown.'' So a year later, I would just simply say that Republicans, who control the House of Representatives and the Senate, listened to President Trump and they gave him a shutdown because of their unwillingness to compromise. Now, there is no such thing as a good shutdown. I think we universally recognize that. I know that my colleague who just spoke before me suggested that it is not the President who appropriates. That is true. He is very right, but what is true is that it is the President who has to sign something. While he doesn't tell you what he is for, it is very difficult to figure out what you are going to send him that he will sign. That is why I have heard the majority leader in some interviews say: Well, when we know what President Trump is for, speaking about one topic, then we will figure out what we can send him. That is part of the problem. The President is intimately involved in this process, and to suggest that he isn't goes against even his own views. How many short-term extensions--that is what we are talking about here.…”