Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I continue to read in the newspaper and the press--particularly that which covers our activities in Congress-- talk about the shutdown that was averted because we were able to pass a continuing resolution before the midnight end of the fiscal year on Wednesday night. I would like to reflect just a few minutes on what the cause of this drama is and where the responsibility actually lies for all of this shutdown drama, which would be completely unnecessary if the Senate and the Congress were permitted to basically do our job. For example, just this afternoon our Democratic friends decided to filibuster legislation that would help our veterans and our men and women in uniform because it would fund the full range of services to veterans and the construction of military facilities. If you think about that for a moment, it becomes even more outrageous because the idea that in order to force this side of the aisle to the table, in order to spend more money and raise taxes, that you would hold our veterans and our military hostage is really remarkable, certainly nothing to be proud of, and something that needs to be called out and identified for what it is. The only reason we have had to go through this process on a continuing resolution--and, by the way, for those who are not familiar with the continuing resolution, what that means is we are continuing for a period of time now--until December 11--the current spending policies of the Federal Government.…”