Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have great respect for the Democratic leader and certainly great respect and personal friendship for the distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee. I don't know what bill the leader read, but it certainly wasn't this bill. We heard a lot about Social Security. There is not a single thing in this bill on Social Security. We heard a lot about Medicare. We don't deal with Medicare under the Appropriations Committee. It is not in here. We heard a lot about Medicaid. It is not in here either. If it will be dealt with, it will be dealt with in a reconciliation bill but not this bill. This bill is about keeping the government open, something my friends pride themselves on and have often patted themselves on the back on. They have the opportunity to do it today because that is all this bill does. It also does a couple of other interesting things. My friend said we cut funds for food support. It doesn't do that. It actually adds $500 million to WIC. They said we cut support for housing. It doesn't do that. It actually adds money to the housing accounts. If we actually go through the bill, the charges made simply don't have much to do with what is in this bill. The simple reality is we are either going to keep the government open or we are going to shut it down.…”