Political Quotes

“we are in day 20 of a government shutdown. It is exceptionally avoidable, but it is also exceptionally painful and distracting to the American people. At the USDA, the Farm Service Agency loans have stopped. TSA employees are working without pay. If we can't get this resolved by tomorrow, they will miss a paycheck, but they will still be at work. Home lending programs have halted. For the FAA, new air traffic controllers are not being trained. We still have air traffic controllers in the tower who are working now--by tomorrow, without pay coming in--but new training has stopped. That means a year from now, when we need to have those new air traffic controllers take their spot in that tower, there won't be someone in that tower because we have halted the training at this point. IRS taxpayer advocate services are closed. Indian Health Service is being stretched. At the Bureau of Indian Affairs, most employees have been furloughed. The Department of Commerce and many others have been affected. While this doesn't affect most Agencies in the Federal Government, it affects a lot, and it affects real lives and real people. Let me give some examples from just my State of Oklahoma. There is a technology company in Tulsa that will have to begin furloughing employees because it is a contractor for the Federal workforce.…”