Political Quotes

“colleagues, with Senator Kaine as my witness, I, like many of you, had an opportunity to stand here yesterday to begin to speak on the issues before us--the need for this urgent and critical voting rights legislation and our opportunity to act this week in the spirit of the holiday we celebrated on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. Before I get into my substantive remarks, I just feel compelled to respond to a couple of items that Senator Hagerty just mentioned. And if he is willing to stay and listen, that would be appreciated, but that is his choice. You know, a couple of our Republican colleagues have made mention to: Well, we shouldn't focus on voting rights; there are other pressing issues at hand, things like the economy. Well, last I checked, because of our actions last year, especially the investments in the American Rescue Plan, wages are up and unemployment is at record lows. Democrats are taking action. We have been called out on what are we doing to address supply chain issues. We have acted. The infrastructure and jobs act has been signed by the President, and I can attest that in the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the percentage of containers waiting to be picked up is drastically down. Democrats are taking action. COVID. Yeah, we are still dealing with this once-in-a-century global health pandemic.…”