Political Quotes

“I thank my dear friend from Maryland for his leadership. I certainly support this bill to keep our employees whole. But I must say, when I hear the discussion and when I heard the words of our friend and colleague from Montana, I thought: ``Are we rewriting history?'' This isn't about who likes President Trump or who does not. Where is the outrage in this body? When do we finally say, ``Enough''? We had a bill, a bipartisan bill that passed the Senate. It was ready to pass here. The White House had said they would sign it. And because four or five rightwing talking heads scared the President of the United States, he pulled the plug. Democrats didn't do that. Republicans didn't do it. He did it. Now you are defending him, enabling him, even when he says, ``I never said Mexico would pay for the wall,'' even though we have 212 explicit references in the last 3 years in which he said precisely that. And meanwhile, because of that focus, which came out of right field, 800,000 Federal employees and all American citizens are held hostage. When do we come together and say, ``Enough''? When do we stand up for those Federal employees who are civil servants who serve our constituents? And when do we say this shutdown threatens the security of the United States? It is wrong, and we have had enough.…”