Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, a wise coach once said: You are your record. Well, let's look at the record. Over the last 30 years, five government shutdowns, all five took place under House Republican leadership. When Democrats were in charge of the House, those 30 years, zero government shutdowns. Heck, some on the other side like shutdowns so much, the last one was under a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a Republican President. Now, some on the other side have said publicly that there would be essentially no consequences to a government shutdown. One Member even said people won't even miss it. Here is what happened during the last Republican shutdown: $11 billion lost to this economy, billions of taxpayer money wasted, 140,000 fewer jobs as a result of that shutdown. You look at those that took place even before 2018, and you see similar results. This is all, by the way, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. There are real costs to a government shutdown. Here we are just 4 days, 4 hours, and some minutes away from the shutdown. It pains me to say this, but we see the Senate doing its job. They actually just voted on a bipartisan basis, by a 4-1 margin, to make sure we don't have a government shutdown. What is the leadership doing here in the House? Debating bills that, frankly, will have no impact whatsoever on whether or not we shut down at midnight Saturday. Let's stand up to this extreme MAGA shutdown. Let's say ``no'' to the shutdown.…”