Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, this extreme Republican bill reveals their mean-spirited values more than any words they utter. Those values are to kick 275,000 young, 4-year-old children out of Head Start. Republicans hypocritically talk about fentanyl but then defund the law enforcement officers who seize this deadly drug. This bill deprives that brother, sister, daughter, a friend of yours that you might have who is battling mental health or addiction, of the funds they use. Don't talk about fentanyl. Don't talk about addiction if you are not going to fund the law enforcement and the health resources we need to truly tackle that. Madam Speaker, then they slash BAA funding by 30 percent, including slashing the Tribal law enforcement officers who are out there also interdicting and protecting us from criminal activity. {time} 1100 The CR really reveals who extreme Republicans are--``sin verguenza,'' ``without shame'' about hurting those most vulnerable, cutting programs for our world communities by 30 percent. I stand for rural America--this bill does not, and it puts down our ranchers and farmers. If they don't get their way, what will they do? They will shut the government down. Let's remind everybody, every time we have a government shutdown of any note, it is because Republicans did it under their leadership, and they hurt everybody in the process. And why? To protect the rich and the wealthy. To protect the rich and the wealthy, the extreme Republicans will cut Social Security.…”