Political Quotes

“I rise in enthusiastic support of H.J. Res. 91, and I thank the ranking member and the chairman for recognizing that all Members--all Members--had a pain in their heart regarding those mothers and fathers who are now suffering the loss of their children, four young men and one young woman, to my recollection, names that we should never forget because we are a Nation at war. For that reason, I believe that this was of great concern to the administration and Secretary Hagel. They're in a dilemma, a conflict, if you will, on the present shutdown of the government. But I would say to the chairman and ranking member, this is what Congress is all about, fixing the problem. Mr. Speaker, I will place into the Record my letter to Secretary Hagel asking for relief for these families. Now we have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”