Political Quotes

“Today's the first day of the Republican shutdown of our government. It's a disgrace. And why? Because of this obsession with repealing, weakening or defunding ObamaCare, a bill that was passed by both Chambers after full debate, signed by the President, affirmed by the Supreme Court, was a central issue in the last Presidential campaign. But this obsession with denying millions of Americans access to quality, affordable health care has caused our friends on the other side of the aisle to shut down the government unless they get their way on this policy issue. That's not how our democracy works. Our friends have allowed the Tea Party coalition within their caucus to hijack our government and shut it down, causing harm to veterans and seniors and Federal employees, and stopping the basic functions of government. It's time to end this practice. It's time to put the American people first. You got exactly what you wanted. One of the key spokesmen of the Tea Party, one of our colleagues said, and I quote: We're very excited. It's exactly what we wanted, and we got it. The American people deserve better. ____________________”