Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership. I am very glad to say that there is something that responsibility calls you to do: save lives. This CR indicates that we will not shut the government down in the face of disasters around the world. We will not freeze out low-income families by not providing them with the home energy assistance program. And, yes, we will ensure that agencies like housing and health and public safety, to reduce the crime across America, to respond to the needs of our police officers and victims of crime, will not shut down. But, yes, we will also recognize that we are good neighbors. In Pakistan, 33 million people have been dislocated because of catastrophic floods of Biblical proportions. Mothers are about to deliver babies, 70,000 of them, and we can help them as USAID goes and does its work internationally. I am glad that we are putting a stop sign on closing the government down. I wish our friends on the other side would join us. Finally, I want us to give more money to the hostage section of the Department of State because people like Brittney Griner are in cages in Russia, and we have to get our hostages out. Americans are looking for America to stand by their side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas.”