Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate very much my friend the assistant leader for always looking out for me, as he has for 34 years. I appreciate it very much. We came together here 34 years ago, to Congress, and I appreciate all he has done over the years and especially his friendship. Zika Virus Funding and Judicial Nominations Mr. President, quickly, it is hard for me to understand how my friend the Republican leader can stand here and talk about Zika. Let's just look back at what happened. We passed here, with 89 votes, a compromise Zika funding bill. Democrats and the President wanted more money. We agreed to $1.1 billion. It flew out of here and went to the House. The House decided they wanted to do a few things. They wanted to restrict funding for birth control provided by Planned Parenthood. Remember, 2 million women visited Planned Parenthood last year. With all the problems with Zika now, there are a lot more who are going to be showing up at Planned Parenthood. That legislation exempts pesticide spraying from the Clean Water Act. It cuts veterans funding by $500 million--half a billion dollars. That money was being used to speed up the process in the veterans' claims. It cuts Ebola funding by $107 million. Yet it rescinds $543 million of ObamaCare money. It strikes a prohibition on displaying the Confederate flag. So, in effect, the Republicans in the House decided they would send back this bill loaded with poison pills.…”