I'm big on this 'no budget, no pay.' I think that's important. Let's get right at the heart of the issue. Even when I was in the state legislature, the most important function we had was to pass the bloody budget. Kurt Schrader More Quotes by Kurt Schrader More Quotes From Kurt Schrader One size doesn't fit all for Democrats. Kurt Schrader top-news I’m very worried we just signed a Democratic Party death certificate for the next decade-and-a-half. Kurt Schrader politics If they refuse to do so, I urge the President of the United States to use his powers ... to end this dispute once and for all. Kurt Schrader industrials I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve to be paid. Kurt Schrader budget duty deserve believe At the end of the day, if it looks like you're not going to get paid, you might be willing to compromise to make sure that budget actually comes out. It's not all about your extreme point of view. Kurt Schrader end-of-the-day view day you I'm for fighting a war on terrorism, not a war in Southwest Asia that Alexander the Great couldn't win, the British Empire couldn't win, the Soviet Union couldn't win. That's stupid. It's a waste of resources; a waste of America's best and brightest. Kurt Schrader best great stupid war I am open and willing to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on a variety of appropriate measures we can take to prevent firearms from getting into the wrong hands and mitigate future tragedies. Kurt Schrader i-am colleagues future work In the ever-evolving society we live in, it is the responsibility of all of us, as individuals and as Americans, to rid ourselves of this culture of violence. Kurt Schrader live society responsibility culture