Political Quotes

“I do, and I'd just like to run through a list. You've been very, very forthright in pointing out the differences between the Republican agenda and the Democratic agenda. I'll put my reading glasses on here. I'm going to go through this very, very quickly because I know we only have a few moments. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Jobs. We talked about it. All House Republicans voted ``no.'' The Worker Homeownership and Business Assistance Act; 93 percent of the Republicans voted ``no.'' Health insurance reform; all House Republicans voted ``no.'' Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act; all House Republicans voted ``no.'' Cash for Clunkers; 55 percent of the Republicans voted ``no.'' Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment, the HIRE Act; 97 percent of the Republicans voted ``no.'' We passed every one of those. Many of those are now law. The Wall Street reform passed this House. Every Republican in this House voted ``no.'' American Workers, State, Business Relief Act; 93 percent of the Republicans voted ``no.'' Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act; 98 percent voted ``no.'' Bottom line here is that every effort that has been made to advance the economy has been done by the Democratic Party, and it is working, as you so carefully pointed out. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and giving us the opportunity to point out the extraordinary contrast here.…”