Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have had a lot of talk about what is not in this bill. Maybe we ought to talk a little bit about what is in this bill. It keeps the government open, which my friends say they want to do, and I think they are sincere in that. This bill does that. It provides relief to people in the various disaster areas around the country, in an amount that they agreed to and that we agreed to. We share that in common. It provides aid for farmers who suffered through several years of droughts and disaster and the systemic prices that, as the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford) mentioned, is costing us farms. It extends important healthcare provisions into the next year. There is nothing in here you are against. There is not a single thing in this bill that you oppose. If you can't vote for what you are for, please don't lecture us about, if I had this and this, you would vote for it. If you vote ``no,'' you are voting to shut down the government. If you vote ``no,'' you are voting to deny aid to people who suffered through a disaster. If you vote ``no,'' you are voting against helping American farmers and ranchers at a difficult time. If you vote ``no,'' you are voting to strip important provisions that are being extended into next year. Why? It is because you don't want to give the next President enough time to get organized and you want to use the debt as leverage.…”