Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my colleague on the Rules Committee. I appreciate his opening comments and take great interest in some of the things that were pointed out. Certainly, nobody in this body on this side of the aisle or on your side is interested in closing down the government and shutting the government. In fact, just yesterday Leader McCarthy stood at this very podium and told everyone to make sure that they kept their travel plans flexible enough to be able to stay here and get their work done. So I think there is a commitment on both sides of the aisle in order to get work done for the American people. Also, protecting Americans in this very dangerous time that we face in the world today is one of the highest priorities that we have as a Congress and is certainly a constitutional duty that all of us take very seriously. {time} 1345 We are working very hard. We have committees of jurisdiction working very hard and coming up with workable ideas in order to accomplish just that. In fact, we just passed something this week that had to do with the waiver program for visas that I think will go a long way in keeping this country safe. We can walk and chew gum at the same time.…”