Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, for his hard work and cooperation on this legislation. The choice before us today is actually very, very simple. It is a choice the American people are watching. The choice is: Do you fund the government while you work out the other differences, or do you close the government? It is a binary choice. It is not about all the other things I would like in this bill or you would like in this bill. The choice before us today is to keep the government open or close the government. Whether you are Republican or Democrat, if you vote ``no,'' you are voting not to keep the government open. It is that simple. The other choice before us today is: Do you want to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program for the millions and millions of children and pregnant women across America? That funding, while we have had emergency extensions, literally is about to run out in a matter of days. It will run out. The choice tonight for this body and every Member, regardless of party, is: Do you want to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program for children and for pregnant women? There are 122,700 Oregonians on this program. There are millions across America in our districts. They don't like the fact that we are having this fight, but they know the fact is that it is a ``yes'' or ``no'' vote. That is why the children's hospitals have said: Please take this bill and fund the Children's Health Insurance Program.…”