Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) for her leadership and all of my colleagues in government. I rise today to have a conversation with the American people, so strap in because this may take a little while. I want to talk about why we are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely avoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme MAGA Republicans, who have decided that rather than pursue the normal legislative process of trying to find common ground; not as Democrats or Independents or Republicans but as Americans. Rather than try to pursue policy achievements through the normal legislative process, they want to threaten the American people with a shutdown to try to drive their extreme agenda down the throats of the American people. Why are we here at this moment on the brink of a catastrophic shutdown that will hurt everyday Americans, hurt children, hurt families, hurt older Americans, hurt veterans, and hurt the economy? {time} 1315 Why are we here at this moment when from the very beginning we have said that there is an opportunity to come together in a bipartisan way consistent with the spending agreement that House Republicans themselves negotiated? From the beginning of this process, we have said nothing more, nothing less--simply keep your word with respect to the agreement that you negotiated.…”