Political Quotes

“the House just voted overwhelmingly to send us this clean and very short CR to keep our government open while we work on passing final funding bills, which is exactly what we should all be focused on now. But this particular motion wouldn't just prevent the Senate from averting a shutdown tomorrow; it would swap the clean, short-term CR for a full-year CR that means devastating across-the-board cuts and tie it to military aid for Israel to a yearlong CR. We are not going to throw in the towel on our funding bills, and we are not going to do half of our job by sending aid to some of our allies while leaving others like Ukraine in the dust. We have already on this floor passed a comprehensive national security package in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Now the House just needs to pass that--and I am confident they will--as soon as the Speaker brings it up for a vote. So, tonight, let's pass this CR, get our funding bills done, and keep working to get the comprehensive supplemental signed into law. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.”