Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Cole for yielding me the time. I agree with Chairman McGovern that we need to help the American people. There are still people hurting out there, and they need help from us. That is why it is so frustrating to me that we have this bill in front of us because it is just a very similar version to the partisan bill that the Democrats pushed out of here just a few months ago that they know is not going to get anywhere. I remember seeing in the media how Democrats in the House in swing districts were asking, pleading with Speaker Pelosi, to please negotiate with the Republicans and the President to actually get a bill that will be passed and signed into law because, after all, you all know that if you really want to help the American people, you have to have a bill that is actually able to get signed into law, and this bill is not it. Unfortunately, this bill, once again, highlights a lot of the priorities that my Democratic colleagues have that have nothing to do with coronavirus, quite frankly. One of the things that I found very interesting in this bill is that, in the original Heroes Act that was passed a few months ago, they had $600 million in there for the COPS hiring program. That is to help State and local law enforcement. Curiously enough, it is not in this version of the bill. So I was wondering, is this how they are planning to save some money on the bill, to take away funding for police and law enforcement?…”