Political Quotes

“the clock is ticking ever closer to the end of the year. We still need to fund the government by Friday. We still need to lift the spending caps equally for defense and urgent domestic priorities, such as combatting the opioid crisis, improving healthcare for veterans, and building rural infrastructure. We must extend the FISA program and shore up pensions for over 1 million Americans. We still need to reauthorize CHIP and end the sabotage of our healthcare markets. We have had a bipartisan deal on a stabilization package for months now. It is a product that should have been easy to include in the end-year deal. After all, it is the product of bipartisan negotiations between Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray, two of our most effective Senators. But now, because the Republicans are repealing the individual mandate in their tax bill, the Alexander- Murray deal will not have its intended effect. Even worse, Speaker Ryan has just said the agreement will not pass the House unless the Hyde language is attached to it--another eleventh hour partisan demand on a bill that has already been negotiated in the Senate. What should have been an easy addition to the year-end package is getting more difficult by the hour because of Republican demands. We still need to pass disaster supplemental funding to aid storm- stricken parts of our country--California, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, as well as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.…”