Political Quotes

“when a house is on fire, the reasonable thing to do is put it out and then figure out what happened to prevent the next one. When a ship is headed toward rocks, the reasonable thing is to steer away and then work on charting a better course. When a government is shut down and is headed toward a default that economists would say is catastrophic, the reasonable thing to do is end the crisis, steer away from the next one, and work together on a long- term plan to avoid these crises in the future. We are now in the second week of this absolutely unnecessary government shutdown. Every day we are hearing more and more about the tremendous impact this is having on our families and our communities across the country. It is only going to get worse. We can end this today. It does not have to continue. We are holding the door open for our Republican colleagues to join us in putting a stop to this madness. All they need to do is come in. Senate Democrats have spent the past 6 months trying to get Republicans to join us at the table in a budget conference. We knew there were two options: conference or crisis--working together toward a bipartisan budget deal or lurching separately into a completely avoidable government shutdown. A number of Republicans joined us in a push for negotiations, but no matter how many times we tried, we were blocked.…”