Political Quotes

“Mr. Ellison, thank you so very, very much. And I really want to congratulate you on the success of your reelection. And I know why you were reelected--because you have a heart. You've got a moral center that's focused clearly upon the needs of the men and women in your district who struggle every day to put food on their table, to take care of their children, make sure they have a good upbringing, the clothes, the education, and a roof over their head. I mean, that's really where we ought to be going. That should be our moral compass, and it certainly is yours, and I know it is yours also, Mr. Cohen. Because of that, you're back here. But there's some real serious issues that divide us here in this Congress. We saw one today--the issue of the unemployment insurance. You know, 143 of our Republican colleagues blocked that payment that would give men and women an opportunity to have enough money to take care of the holidays that are ahead of us, put food on the table, maybe buy a few gifts. There is another thing that we need to do, and we've been working at that for more than 2 years, in almost every case without any help whatsoever from our Republican colleagues, and that is to get America back to work. The Recovery Act, 3 million jobs, no Republican votes. The HIRE Act, another few couple of hundred thousand jobs, no Republican votes.…”