Political Quotes

“Yes, we ought to look to the children. Last Sunday on ``60 Minutes'' was a report about our children in America today. Twenty-five percent of our children in America today are hungry, and many of them are homeless because their parents have lost their homes. Forty-two families. Yes, this program hasn't yet kicked into its full potential. Forty-two families are in their homes today, and those children are not out on the street homeless. Listen to America. Listen to the 25 percent of children in America today that are hungry, and a large percentage of them are homeless. Listen to their cry. Listen to them. Yes, we have an obligation as good citizens of this Nation to see to it that our neighborhoods, even if they are the high-end neighborhoods in Alabama, that those problems are addressed. Ten months ago, the new majority took this floor and they said, Listen, listen to Americans that want jobs. Not one job bill has passed this House. The only bill that's passed this House that dealt with jobs was H.R. 1, the continuing resolution, that destroyed 700,000 jobs and will put more of those children homeless, will destroy more families. Yes, we ought to be listening to the generations ahead of us. But if we do not listen to today's problems, those problems in the future will only be worse. And $8 billion, yes, that's a lot of money. But it happens to be 8 percent of what we spend every year in the Afghan war. Get our priorities straight here on this floor.”