Political Quotes

“It's so important that you've talked about the facts. The more we discuss the facts about unemployment insurance, and the more we talk about the unemployed, the more persuasive is the need for action. There's so much mythology, and the stories help to blast the mythology. I just would wish that we could get into the shoes--there are 6 million whose benefits are threatened here. If you lined up the 6 million from here, they'd go, I think, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. But it's hard for us to receive the stories or to obtain them because, under the Privacy Act, we don't know the names; and that's why you and I and others have joined to, essentially, have a Web site so people can tell us how to reach them. But your recitation of the facts is so important because, in the end, I think the facts will prevail. The stories will be telling. And so, Mr. Doggett, you've been such a lead person on this. You're the lead person on this legislation. So many of us have been working on this. As you said, one of the facts is we have never failed to act, and this is a deeper recession than we've known. In fact, one of the facts is that there are now nearly 7 million fewer jobs in the economy today compared to when the recession started in December 2007. Seven million fewer jobs. And so when people search, they're often hitting a wall. By the way, this gentleman, Jesse, refers to his age. And it's very true that the older--they're not very old--people are having trouble.…”