Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 1363, the Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011. I am voting today for H.R. 1363 because I do not support a government shutdown. H.R. 1363 will keep the government open. I am voting to ensure that federal employees are not pawns in a game of ``shut-down chicken.'' I am voting to ensure that FBI agents continue on the job. I am voting to ensure that DEA agents, ATF agents, U.S. Marshals, Border Patrol Agents, and CIA agents, are on the job. I am voting to ensure that tax returns filed by mail and loans to small businesses continue to be processed. I am voting to ensure that NIH research and clinical trials continue. I am voting to ensure that veterans will be able to receive walk-in services at clinics. I am voting to ensure that the government honors signed contracts. I am voting to ensure that federal employees, who are all essential, are able to continue to do the work they do, day in and day out, to keep our nation running. I am also voting for H.R. 1363 because it funds the Department of Defense for the rest of the fiscal year. This bill provides economic certainty to our troops and their families at a time when they are sacrificing so much to support our military operations around the world. We also need to provide that economic certainty to the entire federal workforce and the American people who expect us to be on the job working for them.…”