Political Quotes

“my friend the assistant Republican leader has a lot of nerve. There have been a lot of States affected with emergencies in the last decade, and Texas has had its share. We have been willing to help them on floods and fires and all the other problems they have had, some of them manmade, some of them not so. Those were emergencies; this is an emergency. For the Republicans to come to this body this morning and say there is no plan--there is a plan. Of course there is a plan. There is $1.9 billion. Pay back the money for Ebola so we can continue that. That is $500 million right there. We also want to do something to help Puerto Rico, which needs to be done. That is approximately $200 million. We have some help--a minimum amount--for countries outside the United States where these mosquitoes are breeding. We want to try to do something about that. And, of course, most of the money here is for research to come up with vaccines and other programs to alleviate the disaster facing this country. The President has outlined that, and the Senator from Florida has outlined that. To have the assistant majority leader say that we need to sit down and negotiate--we are not in the majority. They have an obligation to bring something to the floor. If there is bipartisan support to do something, why aren't the Republicans doing something? Wait and wait while we are home glad-handing people during the next week? We should be doing something here to address this emergency.…”