Political Quotes

“Yesterday, the Senate took a major step forward on the path to reopening the government. The bill before us is simple. It is clean. It is bipartisan. It is a continuing resolution, and it funds the government through January. It is paired with three full-year appropriations bills. So let me repeat that: appropriations bills for the full next year. Now, these are bills that have already passed the Senate with bipartisan support--broad bipartisan support, I would add--and they were negotiated on a bipartisan basis with the House. They are fully funded in terms of veterans' care, and this is critical. Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Our veterans need to know that we stand behind them. It is also fully funded on food assistance: SNAP and Women, Infants, and Children. That is what we are debating here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I believe it is reasonable, it is responsible, and it is ready to go. Let's remember that this shutdown has caused serious pain to many, many American families. People have stood in line around the block at food banks all across the country, and that is because 42 million Americans missed their SNAP payments. Flights were delayed and canceled because control towers are understaffed. People there working are overworked. TSA agents and air traffic controllers have been working for the last 6 weeks without getting paid. Yesterday, there were 2,300 flight cancellations. It looks like it may be even more than that today.”