Political Quotes

“Mr. Tonko, thank you so very, very much. We have got about 10 or 12 minutes here. Let's do kind of one of those back and forth real fast. I am going to go through a bunch of placards here very, very quickly. This is part of our job agenda. It is called the Make It In America agenda. They are trade policies, and we are going to be dealing with a major one of that. Mr. Horsford talked about tax policy, critically important; energy policy, which we have not come to tonight; labor issues; we have definitely talked about the minimum wage, critically important; equal dollars. Minimum wage in 1978, Ronald Reagan, was $10.60. Same purchasing power today at $7.25. Education. We talked a little bit about the education--not a little bit, Mr. Horsford. You talked a great deal about the education, reeducation programs. Research, which we haven't covered today. And, of course, the infrastructure issues. And by the way--you are using American taxpayer dollars for all of these things--we ought to be buying American-made products. So we will make it in America using American taxpayer dollars. We talked a lot about infrastructure. Every dollar you invest, $1.57, pumped into the economy, jobs created. Mr. Horsford, you talked about the unemployment in the building trades, very important. Most people can go back to work, and this can go immediately.…”