Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close whenever my friend is. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I am looking at a headline here today. It says: ``U.S. stocks clobbered, with Dow losing nearly 500 points, amid White House drama over government shutdown.'' Mr. Speaker, creating chaos in the stock market is how a drama queen might act, but it is not how any President should behave. This is totally manufactured by the White House crisis. This is ridiculous that we are at this point, after all the agreements that have been reached in the Senate and, we thought, here in the House. The President turned the TV set on and started watching FOX News and got carried away and now is reneging on his agreement. That is unfortunate. But I would again say to my colleagues: Let us defeat the previous question, and we will bring up a clean CR. We will keep this government open, and we will do the right thing by the American people. And most importantly, we will make sure that the men and women who are protecting our border get paid during this Christmas holiday. It is the right thing to do. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.”