Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want every member of the Coast Guard to understand what just happened. We are 9 days away from the expiration of current government funding. No one here knows whether a shutdown will happen or not, but it is not complicated, with partisan divisions in Washington, that there is a very real risk of a shutdown. I believe President Biden and the majority leader of the Senate-- Senator Schumer--want a shutdown. Whether they want it or not, it is clear there is a very real risk. And if, 9 days from now, what happened in 2019 happens again, which is that our soldiers are paid, our sailors are paid, our airmen are paid, our marines are paid, but our coastguardsmen are left in the lurch--that is what happened in 2019, when Senator Sullivan and I came to the floor, tried to take care of our coastguardsmen then, and the Democrats objected. And if, 9 days from now, for the over 50,000 coastguardsmen across this country, their paychecks stop, you will know why, and it was because of two simple words just uttered on behalf of Democrat leadership: ``I object.'' Had the Democrats simply not said those words--``I object''--our coastguardsmen would be paid in 9 days. And understand that this legislation, as Senator Sullivan pointed out, is bipartisan legislation. It is authored by the chairman and ranking member of the Commerce Committee and the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Coast Guard.…”