Political Quotes

“I don't know what planet my friend the Republican leader is living on. This conference report is the most irresponsible legislation I have ever seen in my 34 years in Congress. That says a lot. I can't think of anything that is close. This Zika threat is real. It is serious. Every day more and more Americans are being infected. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, right now 2,900 Americans have already contracted Zika. There were 700 just last week alone who were added to that list. It was 2,200, and now it is 2,900, and 481 women have been tested positive for the virus in the United States. Eight pregnancies in the United States have resulted in severe birth defects because of Zika, and when we talk about severe birth defects, we mean it. They have little shrunken heads and their skulls are caved in. Mosquitoes have caused problems forever, but never like this. In spite of all the evidence of Zika's harm to the American people, Republicans are pushing the conference report as nothing more than the goodie bag for the fringes of the Republican Party. In April, very recently, the Republican leader told reporters: We are all very much aware that this is a serious crisis. . . . We'll be working with the administration, with the Democrats. That simply hasn't proven to be true. On the conference committee the Democrats were locked out of negotiations. Then they jammed through this bill.…”