Political Quotes

“I want to always recognize my good friend from Texas, who is really one of my good friends in this body. But I am not surprised that the Senate bill is twice as much money because it runs for twice the time. This bill runs to September 30th. The Senate bill runs until September 30, 2017, so they are not materially that different. What we have said is we would deal with next year's problem in the appropriations process for this year. Now, again, I know my friend's concern is legitimate. I do. I don't have any doubt about it. But I point out one more time, $600 million has been appropriated or has been made available. This is an additional $600 million. This $1.2 billion for the time of this fiscal year is actually more than the administration had planned to spend in this period. It reaches into next year, but they will have it available for this year if they need it. They have another nearly $2 billion in Ebola/other infectious diseases money, and they have the assurance that additional things are coming. The only difference here is, are you going to pay for it? Or are you just going to add it to the national credit card, another $2 billion, roughly, on the national debt, when you have the resources and the time available to operate within the appropriation system? So this debate, as I have said repeatedly, isn't about Zika.…”