Political Quotes

“Absolutely. We're focusing today on the stories of the unemployed, on the personal stories, in order to put a face on the numbers. It's also important--and you referred to it--for the economy of our country. Every economist, I think without any exception, says that unemployment insurance is one of the two most beneficial instruments that we have in terms of putting money back into the economy because people who are unemployed and who receive their insurance--they work for it--spend it. We have some other stories from single parents. Let me just, if I might, read another story. Then perhaps we should ask the gentlelady from Texas to join us if she would like. ``I am a military spouse that was forced to move and leave a great- paying office management position since my husband was transferred to a new duty station . . . I have applied for jobs that would barely cover our bills just so that I can be among the working again . . . My soldier can't afford to support us on a military income--and it's not just about me. I have a son to think of. I hope and pray that an extension is approved so that it doesn't cause our family structure to crumble. I believe that an extension should be approved as it is keeping not only my family but millions of other American families from drowning in a sea of financial ruin.'' That's from Rachel of Lemoore, California. It is now my privilege to yield to the gentlelady from Texas, Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee. {time} 1910”