Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. This partisan-charged bill targets innocent workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic, received unemployment benefits, spent them in good faith to pay for necessities, and had no idea that their States made mistakes in paying their benefits. Sadly, my Republican colleagues are using this bill to throw millions of Americans' lives and livelihoods into instability. This financial attack on my constituents required them to then reimburse the Federal Government for a mistake that they did not make, upending their ability to pay their rent, leaving families homeless, upending their ability to purchase school supplies or make a car payment resulting in the loss of transportation that gets them to their jobs. For people living on the margins of poverty, they don't have a financial cushion to fall back on when a surprise bill like this one is thrown into their family. It will cause major disarray. This bill is not about addressing fraud. Republicans are simply using this opportunity to wage war on individuals themselves who did no wrong. I encourage my colleagues to vote against this bill.”