Political Quotes

“I address you and this body in the shadow of a government shutdown, something that nobody wanted and almost everybody strived to avoid. Yet we are here. The CR last night barely received 50 votes, let alone the necessary 60. Several Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting the House continuing resolution, which hurts our military, does nothing for urgent domestic priorities like opioids, veterans, and pensions, nothing on disaster relief, and, of course, nothing on the immigration issues we have a real urgency to solve. We just kicked the can down the road one more shameful time. I believe it was the fourth time we have done that. My Republican friends speak often of the damage done to our military by lurching from continuing resolution to continuing resolution. We Democrats agree. That is why we offered Secretary Mattis his full budget request, something I offered yesterday in the White House to President Trump as well. My Republican friends know that we have to stop these CRs, and it is time to actually do a budget and fully fund our military. We can't forget about urgent domestic priorities in the budget, but the military has to be given the certainty it needs. This is one of the main reasons the bipartisan coalition rejected the House CR last night--because of the damage that Secretary Mattis has said it has done to the military.…”