Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.
We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.
There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.
I know that it would not shock you to discover that this isn’t the first time that Congress and the regulatory agencies did not act in the public interest.
If the Congress fails then American democracy is dysfunctional.
And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.
Congress trifle(s) away the most precious of their days—days that ought to be devoted to the defense of their divided country.
This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.
