Political Quotes

“Is the Senator only suggesting right now, just to be crystal clear--crystal clear--a lot of people's lives are at stake here, by the way. Let me just clarify that a 2-week continuing resolution would pay people retroactively. See, they are owed almost 40 days of pay. So this would pay them back the money we have taken from them for the last 40 days and give us 2 weeks, not 2 weeks of pay. I just wanted to make sure he understood because maybe I misspoke. I wanted to make sure the Senator from Oregon didn't misunderstand what I said. I was suggesting that we fund DHS, which retroactively pays 260,000 people; give us 2 weeks to get a solution; and never ever do this to a single American family again. It is a disgrace that we are doing this, and I am not impugning any-- I am impugning all of us that we never do this--that we never allow a hard-working American to go without a paycheck because of our politics.”