Political Quotes

“Of course we support funding for our veterans. The House already passed a full-year funding bill in June by a vote of 421-4, which was $6 billion more than the cheap ploy now being considered. It is essential that the VA can continue offering services, but we must also ensure that veterans receive job training, children receive immunizations, and that our food supply is safe. Radical Republicans have shut down the government because they refuse to allow a vote on a spending bill that they wrote, the Senate passed, and the White House would sign. Three days into the shut down, the majority can't even tell us what they want to reopen the government. Just yesterday, one of their Members said: We have to get something out of this. And I don't even know what that is. The House majority has shut down the government, but not to reduce spending or for some other policy reason. It is for pure petulance, and they don't even know what they're trying to accomplish. {time} 1415 Ending the shutdown couldn't be more simple. Stop playing games. Allow a vote on the bill--with your number--to end the shutdown that the Senate passed and the President will sign. This could end in 30 minutes. Just take the bill with your number, let it pass here, send it to the White House, and that's the end; and we can get on with business to serve the people that we were elected to help. My constituents want us to work on these serious issues, as do you.”