Political Quotes

“I am going to speak both about the general approach to the so-called stimulus package, as well as the deal reached at the end of last week that we will be voting on at 5:30 this afternoon. First, let me say you can usually tell when proponents of an idea don't have good arguments for their proposition. They generally set up a false premise, what is sometimes called a ``strawman.'' It goes like this: We can't just sit here and do nothing. I ask anyone here, has anybody in this Chamber said we have to do nothing in the face of this crisis? No. Everyone who has spoken on both sides has said we have to do something. Has anybody here said we need to slow down and not act with alacrity because there is no problem or real emergency facing us? No. I think everybody has said we have a real problem in this country, people are hurting, and we have to do something as quickly as we can. It is not a choice between doing nothing or doing something. It is not a choice between acting quickly or taking our sweet old time at it. There is a legitimate difference of opinion.”