Political Quotes

“I lift from it one paragraph that says: The holidays are a time to reflect on how fortunate we are and help those in need. In that vein, the Congressional Black Caucus will not support a continuing resolution unless CHIP is reauthorized and fully funded for 5 years and community health centers are reauthorized and fully funded for 2 years. Mr. Speaker, this morning in the Rules Committee, beginning at 8--I might add, we were noticed that we were going to meet last night at 10, but we did not meet, and then we came in early this morning--the distinguished minority leader and the minority whip, along with the leader of the Hispanic Caucus, appeared and stayed for 2\1/2\ hours discussing the fact that we are leaving things on the table, but, more specifically, addressing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But let's talk about the things that we are leaving on the table: We are doing nothing about long-term flood insurance. We are doing nothing about Perkins loans that have expired. We are not funding or addressing the opioid epidemic. We are not offering legislation to help save failing pensions in this country. I talked with some teamsters from Michigan the other day with tears in their eyes concerned about their pensions. We are doing nothing with reference to long-term, bipartisan reauthorizing for CHIP and community health centers. We are doing nothing about the FISA reauthorization. We are not raising the defense and non-defense spending caps.…”