Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. There has been a lot of talk about political games. To watch people parade up and down and make speeches under the guise of a unanimous consent, I am not sure how serious that is. I am not sure how much that complies with the rules of the House. But be that as it may. You have folks on the other side that say they really believe the District of Columbia ought to be able to spend its own money, but yet they vote ``no'' on the authorization to do that. We are in the second day of a shutdown in the Federal Government. A lot of people are upset. I am upset, I am disappointed, because it doesn't have to be this way. On three separate occasions, this House sent to the Senate a continuing resolution that would have kept the government open, kept the government running--three times. Yet three times the Democratic- controlled Senate said no--not once, not twice, but three times. Then this House sent to the Senate a continuing resolution that also said: let's appoint a conference committee. That is a group of individuals from the House and a group of individuals from the Senate. They would sit down and they would try to resolve these differences to try to keep the government open. Because how are you going to solve a problem unless you sit down--that is what we call a conference committee--and then you try to move forward? But the Senate once again said no. Now, we all know that we have conference committees from time to time.…”