Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I begin, I just want to comment on the Republican leader's remarks. I listened to Leader McConnell's remarks about the appropriations process. He accused Democrats of wanting to provoke a partisan fight with the President rather than fund our military. It was a bold accusation considering that it was the President and the Republican majority on the Appropriations Committee who proposed taking funding from the military to spend on the President's wall. That is what Democrats oppose. That is what Leader McConnell called staging a political fight. Across the country we see communities, military bases, and people in the military saying: Taking away this money hurts us. All Democrats are asking for is to protect the troops from having their resources robbed for a border wall--resources that Congress said should go to the military. By the way, the President promised Mexico would pay for the wall. Let's not forget that. In March, 12 Republicans voted with us to reject the President's proposal. That is a lot in a place where people fear the President and don't like to buck him. The real question is, Will the rest join us now? That is the issue. Background Checks Mr. President, on guns and the tragedies that have occurred in the last 6 weeks, it has been over 6 weeks since President Trump, in the aftermath of two tragic mass shootings, signaled that he would be supportive of expanding background checks.…”