Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues for coming down here and talking about the importance of farming in the United States. One of the things we are dealing with, obviously, and talked about, is some fertilizer shortages. I know that firsthand, seeing some of the farms in the district I represent, West Texas and so forth. And we have got a lot of issues we have got to address. And I just want to note, as a Texan--we had my fellow Texan down here just a little bit ago--that here we sit again. Here it is, March 31, in an empty Chamber again. It is the close of a quarter, a fiscal quarter. Members got their places to go, their dinners to go to. We just ran through a handful of votes today. No amendments. No debates. Here is the people's House in all its glory. No debate. No discussion. Did we have a single debate here in the people's House about what is happening at our southern border today? Any discussion at all? Does the Speaker of the House of Representatives give a rat's rear- end about South Texas or the rest of this country; about the ranchers that are dealing with a flood of people coming across our border, endangering them and their families? No, they don't care. They don't care at all. But I can tell you, we in Texas care. And the leadership of this body better start caring soon. And let me just say something to all my fellow Republicans who just funded this government two weeks ago. Those of you who cut a deal, a deal with the devil, you are responsible for this, too.…”