Political Quotes

“we have a short time left before appropriations expire on Friday. Yesterday, we made some progress. Thankfully, President Trump appears to have backed down from his position for billions in direct appropriations for a border wall. For the past several weeks, the President's insistence on $5 billion for a wall has been the biggest obstacle to keeping the government open past Friday. The President's spokesperson has claimed that the administration can build the full wall from reprogrammed funds given to other areas of the government. Let me be very clear. Without our assent, the administration cannot reprogram funds proposed by Congress for the full wall. To do so would violate Congress's article I powers. They cannot do it on their own, and the House and Senate will not approve a wall from reprogrammed funds or anything else. It will not happen. We Democrats have opposed massive appropriations for a border wall for five reasons. It is not effective compared to other border security measures. Expert after expert has said that. There is no plan to build it. The President asked for $5 billion, but there are no plans of where the wall would be, how much it would cost, what each part would be made of. There is no plan to deal with eminent domain. There are lots of people on the Texas border and on other borders who don't want to give up their land. They have said they will fight it in court. It will take years.…”