Political Quotes

On the recordApril 7, 2011
Absolutely. I think we are now down to the wire. And it is unthinkable that we would get to midnight and shut down government. We don't need to do that. There are so many consequences to it.
Said by
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Senator Hutchison emphasizes the urgency of avoiding a government shutdown and the negative consequences it would bring.

Share

More from Kay Bailey Hutchison

Jan 2, 2017

I think, from what our intelligence community has said... that there is a good likelihood yes.

congress.gov
Jan 2, 2017

Al Qaeda is our common threat. ISIS is our common threat.

congress.gov
Nov 29, 2012

let me just say that is not the only thing we could do. We could change the cost of living to the chained consumer price index. That would be OK. It wouldn't get us as much of a deficit reduction over 75 years--a chained CPI--but it would…

govinfo.gov
Jan 2, 2017

NATO's door is open to all European democracies which share the values of our Alliance.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation