Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), my friend. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this legislation. Over the last 3 months, we have put together a series of bipartisan bills that are extraordinary, and they amount to $2.9 trillion in spending. While the amount $2.9 trillion is 60 percent of what the Federal Government spends in an entire year, nonetheless, this bipartisan effort was essential to beat the virus and get our economy back to full capacity. Mr. Speaker, today, we vote on another $3 trillion in spending when we haven't even gotten all of the first phase of money out to our schools, to our hospitals, to our cities, to our States. We have not completed getting the money out to restart our economy. Yet the House majority has blocked the House from working bipartisanly and has cooked up this 1800-page bill in the Speaker's hideaway. This proposal, much of which has nothing to do with the coronavirus, discourages work and delays our economic recovery. We need to assess our actions and bring bipartisan efforts to the floor to address the gaps.”