David Plouffe Quotes

For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a reliable element of our society. The Appropriations Committee shouldn't be the most political place to be; it's the place where we have to make the institution function for the country.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

We don't want to see the government shut down.

I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

I think it is unwise to shut down the government.

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.

After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was re-elected and decided it was time for compromise.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

After a disaster, processing claims quickly trumps everything.

I don't want to shut down the government.

I don't want to shut down government.

We are united around a simple goal, and that is keeping the government open while protecting our constituents from the harmful effects of Obamacare.

The shutdown itself is bad but not devastating. The real danger will come up in a couple of weeks. There's legislation which is in fact routine - it's passed every year - which allows the government to borrow money, otherwise it can't function. If Congress does not approve this budget request, the government may have to default.

That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.

Frankly, no issue is worth shutting down the government and denying pay to those committed to public service.

I plan to work with all my colleagues on education and labor issues and to ensure the security of our nation by providing agencies from FEMA's disaster recovery efforts to the Coast Guard protecting our nation with the tools they need to be successful.

Since 1963, the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center has conducted nearly 700 field studies on floods and earthquakes, and on-site research reveals the same results every time: the vast majority of people stay calm and help each other.

I always want to make sure we protect our soldiers' pay if there is a shutdown of any kind.

By incorporating disaster spending into the annual budget we can help Americans with disaster assistance without the process becoming a pathway for runaway spending on unrelated projects.

If Democrats don't want the government to shut down, support border security. It's that simple.

Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.

I am very glad that Paul Ryan left the government as a capitulating supplicant to Donald Trump while the government was shut down, while the debt hit record levels, right? Every single thing Paul Ryan claimed to care about.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.