Political Quotes

“we are nearly there, and I am hopeful that we can all come together and get an agreement to pass this bipartisan, bicameral, full-year funding bill as soon as possible. We all know the deadline. We are here in the Senate, ready to move quickly in order to avoid a senseless shutdown. As I have said for months, we actually can fund the government when everyone sits down at the table and works in a reasonable, bipartisan way, and that is what we have done. Getting here has not been easy. We had to work through some really tough top lines. We had to fight hard to keep out dozens and dozens of extreme poison pills. We had to work long days and nights and through weekends to hammer out the tricky details of this bill and make sure Members had the chance to weigh in with their priorities. Our work is not done yet. We have six more bills. We are working on all of them right now. But this first package is evidence that we can get things done when everyone is focused on what can actually help folks back at home and what can actually pass in a divided government. This isn't the package I would have written on my own, but I am proud that we have protected absolutely vital funding that the American people rely on in their daily lives. This package fully funds WIC, so moms and babies will not be denied nutrition assistance. It sustains our investments to help people keep a roof over their heads.…”