Political Quotes

“the real language problem in this country is not the one we just heard about, but it is the fact that our Republican colleagues cannot understand in any language the call of the American people to deal with the real problems that affect their lives. Instead, we have a House Republican majority that has produced one failure after another in the last 14 months. As if that were not enough, they are proposing to chalk up yet again another failure this weekend as they head home in the face of a third Government shutdown. It is as if no matter what language you speak, they cannot hear the voice of the American people, because instead of solving these problems, they continue to bicker among themselves. The House Republicans cannot agree with the Senate Republicans concerning how many American young people they should deny an educational opportunity to. The Senate yesterday rejected the extreme House Republican cuts in education. They have got a great battle going on between the far right, the extremists who want to cut out any Federal commitment to education, and the not-so-right that say, ``Well, let's just cut a few children.'' The American people, whatever the language is, want to support educational commitment and opportunity for our young people, and we ought to get about that job.”