Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today with a number of my colleagues on the 26th day of this deeply damaging and completely unnecessary Trump shutdown. We are here today to lift up the voices and stories of the people who are being hurt by President Trump and his Senate Republican allies and to once again call on Republican leaders here in the Senate to finally allow a vote and work with us to end this manufactured crisis. While President Trump is very focused on his political game, actual people, their families, and their communities are paying the price. People we represent--moms and dads, workers, small business owners, people who did not do anything wrong, who just want to work, do their job, serve their communities--all of them have been pulled into President Trump's chaos and dysfunction, and it needs to end. I am very proud to kick off another effort here in the Senate by those who want to make sure that President Trump and Senate Republican leaders don't forget whom this is about and understand who is being impacted by their refusal to act. I want to start with a few from my home State of Washington, where there are nearly 13,000 workers who have been caught up in this Trump shutdown. Lauren is a furloughed FAA employee who shared her story with me through my website. She told me she supports her family with one income, and now that paycheck has been frozen.…”