Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding, I thank him for his leadership as chair of the Budget Committee, to him and all of the members of his committee and the staff who worked so hard to bring this to the floor. Thank you to Mr. Neal and the members of the Ways and Means Committee and their staff. Thank you also for bringing your piece of this legislation to the floor. And Mr. McGovern and the Rules Committee and his members, and the staff members of all the committees. All of the chairs of the committees have worked so hard. All of their members, all of the staff to bring this to this very important moment for our country. As the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky acknowledged in his opening sentence, this week, on Monday, our Nation marked the loss of over 500,000 Americans to the coronavirus, a horrific human toll of staggering proportions, an incomprehensible sadness. Every life lost is a profound tragedy that we mourn, and that breaks America's heart, and we pray for their families. Each day this pandemic reaches into our communities, devastating families' health, financial security, and well-being. The numbers speak volumes: 18 million Americans are on unemployment; 24 million people are going hungry; 12 million, Mr. Speaker; 12 million children living in households with food insecurity--and that is a conservative number-- up to 40 million people cannot pay their rent and fear eviction.…”