Political Quotes

“First, I would like to acknowledge the chairman of the Appropriations Committee (Mr. Frelinghuysen). Under his leadership, the committee reported and the whole House considered and passed all 12 appropriation bills for fiscal year 2018. This year is the first time since 2010 that the House passed all 12 appropriations bills. I would hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would listen for just a minute. In 2010, the Democrats controlled both the House, the Senate, and the White House. Guess what. They passed all of the appropriations bills on time. But you know what they also did? They passed a CR until December 19. When they hadn't completed their work yet, even though they had passed all 12 appropriations bills in the House, they passed another CR until December 22. When they hadn't completed their work, guess what. They passed another CR until January. Then, when we took the majority, we ended up finishing the appropriations process. So their outrage now is a little bit misplaced. Now we need to finish the final details with our colleagues in the Senate, and we must do this to ensure that the government stays open. Continuing resolutions at this time or of any length are not anyone's ideal solution to funding our government. Ideally, all 12 appropriations bills would be enacted by October 1.…”