Political Quotes

“I understand the political pressures. I really do. We will see that sometimes appealing to a certain voter bloc--maybe it makes us popular. But I want to read you a quote from the deputy Democrat whip--a senior appropriator, by the way--who said: [We] are very serene with what is going on. ``[We] are very serene with what is going on.'' You are serene that today, tonight, a dad, a mom is going to come home and say ``Can't do that. Can't pay for your dance recital. Can't pay for your spring break ticket'' because they didn't get a paycheck. I want you to explain to a 12-year-old child why they are not getting paid. They are going to talk about Senate procedure. They are going to talk about the appropriations process. But this is just another effort to distract us from what is going on here. So, again, I just urge my Democrat colleague to consider, as you think about your own State--by the way, I genuinely believe you deeply care about your State. I hear you talk about it, and it is absolutely sincere. You deeply care about your State. Think about those Border Patrol agents that are welcoming visitors from all over the world to Las Vegas. Think about those ICE agents that are arresting criminal aliens, like the one that was just recently arrested. That was a pretty bad guy. Imagine those TSA agents, the Coast Guard, FEMA, Cybersecurity--you have a lot of those resources in your State. Can I please ask you for some level of humanity to get this done?”