Political Quotes

“I see the distinguished Senator from Alaska on the floor. I will not be long, as I noted to him. I am speaking in my capacity as the Democratic manager of the legislation before us. I think--like most of us and most people in the country--we are frustrated by what is happening, because I have only heard one person say they want a government shutdown, and he got exactly what he wanted. It was President Trump who said the country could ``use a good shutdown.'' President Trump said a shutdown would be ``good'' for him politically. It was President Trump who tweeted yesterday that the shutdown was a ``nice present'' to himself. Well, the United States of America is not designed to give presents to the President. We expect Presidents to do what is best for the country, not for themselves. The best for the country would be not to have a shutdown. People are suffering under the Trump shutdown. For him to call it a ``nice present'' to himself escapes reality. In fact, as he rubbed shoulders with the superwealthy at his father's fundraiser last night, the President's son said a shutdown is ``a good thing for us politically.'' It is hard to make up this kind of detachment from our country. I want to make one thing very clear to President Trump, there is no such thing as a good government shutdown. It is not a good thing that today medical research is ground to a halt.…”