Political Quotes

“I rise today to call out to the American people to ask them to take notice of what's happening here on the floor. When the majority party took control in January, they promised a new direction. But the only direction they've received is to go backwards. Here it is November, and the President has not received one appropriations bill on his desk. The Congress has not moved this slowly in 20 years, and the reason is purely political. They want to drastically increase social spending, and they can't get a bill passed on social spending without coupling it and holding hostage our veterans bill. Our veterans deserve better. Our veterans deserve the funding that they need. I hope every veteran in America is listening to this debate today. I hope they realize that the veterans funding is being held hostage. The President will veto the social spending the Democrats propose and thus delay the funds needed to go to our veterans around this country. I urge the majority party to stop this charade, give the veterans a straight up-or-down vote, and it'll pass this House overwhelmingly.”