Political Quotes

I, too, have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I want to be bipartisan. I want to work across the aisle.

clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.

Instead, we are going to slap a Band- Aid on this and revisit the pay issue after another congressional recess, which just got longer. Meanwhile, these firefighters will hold their breath for another torturous 3 months, or even worse, they…