Political Quotes

“I come to the floor this evening to urge my Republican colleagues to do the right thing and stand with us to reopen the government and end this completely unnecessary and, really, absurd crisis. President Trump's latest government shutdown is now the longest one in American history--24 days of workers unsure of when their next paychecks will come, 24 days of economic impacts in communities all over this country, 24 days of slowdowns at our airports, 24 days of small business owners waiting on loans. Twenty-four days of trash piling up and irreparable damage being done at our national parks. Twenty-four days of dysfunction. Twenty-four days of chaos. Twenty-four days of the government simply not working at its most basic duties, not being allowed to work by its own leaders. There have been 24 days of story after story here in the United States of America that would embarrass citizens of far less developed nations. One woman from Seattle--she is a Federal employee and has been there 25 years--wrote that the stress of not knowing how she will manage her bills is causing her sleepless nights--nights she is worried about her credit score taking a hit if she can't pay her bills on time. She is trying to balance all of that while helping take care of her father, who is a Navy veteran suffering from a progressive neurological disease. Another man wrote to me. He is not a Federal employee, but he and his wife own a small business frequented by people who are.…”