Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I shall consume. Bringing up this bill today is doubly unfortunate. Number one, this is a time when we should be coming together--or at least trying to. This is a time when we should not try some partisan efforts. Unfortunately, that's what this is all about. This bill is essentially a pure fabrication of what is true. {time} 1550 Last summer the administration came forth with a proposal: states would be allowed to apply for waivers and have some flexibility in terms of the application of the work requirements--not the end of them or changing them, but the implementation of them--provided any project would be required to increase employment by at least 20 percent. So this claim that what is being done here is an effort to put at risk the work requirements is fallacious. What happened? After HHS spoke, the Romney campaign decided they might have a campaign issue. So they essentially put together a campaign ad with the fallacious claim that what the Obama administration was trying to do was to weaken welfare reform. The instantaneous reaction of fact checkers was four Pinocchios, pants on fire, complete untruth. And this is what Ron Haskins had to say, the Republican person on the staff most involved with the chairman and myself: The idea that the administration is going to try to overturn welfare reform is ridiculous.…”