Political Quotes

“Representative Tonko, we do have a deficit problem. We have to address that. We've talked about ways that that can be done in the health care sector without harming Medicare. But one of the most important things in addressing the deficit problem is to put people back to work. Americans want to work. They want to earn a living. They want to have enough money to pay for their home or their rent and food and take care of their children so their kids can go to school. We need a jobs program. We need a jobs program in America. We need to be able to put people back to work. We're into almost the end of the sixth month of this session. Not one jobs bill put forward by the Republican Party. Not one. They talk about cuts in taxes as though that's somehow going to create jobs, and there's absolutely no evidence that it does.”