Political Quotes

“The American people are sick and tired of the constant crises that we have seen in Washington, DC, over the past few years. They want us to work together, they want us to solve problems, and they want us to focus on jobs, families, and broad-based economic growth. That is why I am so pleased we are now headed to a final vote on the budget agreement that Chairman Ryan and I reached that breaks through this partisanship and gridlock and shows that Congress can function when Democrats and Republicans work together to make some compromises for the good of the country. The Bipartisan Budget Act puts jobs and economic growth first by rolling back those automatic and harmful cuts to education, medical research, infrastructure investments, and defense jobs for the next 2 years. If we didn't get a deal, we would have faced another continuing resolution that would have locked in those damaging automatic cuts or, worse, a potential government shutdown in only a few short weeks. This bill we are about to vote on replaces almost two-thirds of the cuts for this year to the domestic discretionary investments and, importantly, it prevents the next round of defense cuts that is scheduled to hit in January. It is not going to solve every problem the automatic cuts have caused, but it is a step in the right direction and a dramatic improvement over the status quo.…”