Political Quotes

“I have always found this debate interesting, but we know what this is all about. This is all about the negotiations on border security. What I found interesting is to listen to everybody talk about the President not being willing to negotiate, not being willing to compromise. Yet, he has offered many of the things that the Democrats say that they want in any border security bill. A negotiation ends when both parties can say they got something that they want. Yet, the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate continue to say ``no'' to anything the President wants. He wants a border wall for a part of border security, and they continue to say ``no.'' That is no kind of negotiation, and we know that is what has led us here today. Every one of us wants government reopened, but we know the games that are being played here. I will tell you, the problem with what is on the floor today is that we are bringing up the Senate bills that completely ignore the priorities of House Republicans and House Democrats in the appropriations process. Most of these bills have been conferenced. Why bring up just the Senate bill and not the conference report that was done that recognizes both Senate and House priorities? Let me give you one example. The House T-HUD bill carried a bipartisan provision that raises the length limit for specific vehicles used to transport sugar beets, and only on specific routes used to ship sugar beets between Oregon and Idaho for processing.…”