Political Quotes

“Madam President, I think we know who is soft on crime. It sounds like I hit a nerve. I didn't stand up here saying I am not soft on crime five or six times in a row. It is the Senator from Illinois who said that, just like Senate Democrats have been saying it for the last several months, just like their candidates all across America are saying it. Let's look at the first bill he mentioned, the American Rescue Plan. You know what that is, right, the American Rescue Plan? That is their $2 trillion wasteful spending bill from last spring that is responsible for 13 percent inflation. Do you know what is also included in it? A measure that would get stimulus checks to prisoners. That is right--depraved, violent felons; murderers and rapists and drug traffickers all across America. People like the Boston marathon bomber got stimulus checks last year because the Democrats believe that criminals are really, at heart, victims as well, victims of an oppressive society and system. If I am not mistaken, when I offered my amendment to prevent prisoners from getting stimulus checks, I think it was the Senator from Illinois who stood up and blocked it. I know that he voted against it. I know that he wanted prisoners to get stimulus checks. That is what he is talking about.…”