Political Quotes

“I came back to Washington, DC, on Monday afternoon and decided I was going to leave some hamburgers--some Whataburgers--it is a famous hamburger from Texas--with some of the TSA agents who have not received a paycheck now for two pay periods. We have seen the pictures during spring break and during all the activities in Austin--South by Southwest is going strong. So there is a lot of stress on the men and women who are working in the Transportation Security Agency, and they are not being paid because of the Democrats' obstruction. In fact, they are objecting to the payment of not only TSA agents but also the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, and, as it turns out, one of the premier criminal investigation directorates in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as Homeland Security Investigations. This morning, during the 'Worldwide Threats' hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee--this was a public hearing--the FBI Director confirmed that Homeland Security Investigations was a critical part of the interagency process to deal with the threat of homegrown terrorism.”