Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Florida for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation, strongly in support of this legislation. This is legislation that will make sure our troops are paid. It will make sure that our military can continue to do its job. It will make sure that our border is secured, and it will simply return funding of the Federal bureaucracy to pre-COVID levels. That is what we are talking about here. That is what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so up in arms about, that we must have a bureaucracy, bloated with massive expenditures in a post-COVID universe, or your life, as you know it, is going to end. When the Declaration of Independence was written, when our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were drafted, those rights did not emanate from this floor. That pursuit of happiness did not come from this floor or anywhere in this building because this building didn't exist. It didn't come from Congress because Congress didn't exist. The fact is that no matter what happens heading into this weekend, whatever the result, there are 50 State governments that are continuing to operate. There are 3,000 counties, county governments operating. There are 20,000 city and municipalities with governments operating; 12,000 independent school districts, because we have a Federal system of government and we are supposed to take care of ourselves and our families and our communities.…”