Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, at the core, how we choose to vote on these bills reflects our values. This morning, I read a report that a school district in Pennsylvania tried to create a family separation program in order to collect school lunch debts. Imagine that. Family separation because children are too poor to pay for their lunch. This maltreatment at our southern border is spreading across our Nation, dehumanizing people because they are poor. This is how we want to treat the weakest among us? Will we lock children in cages and allow babies to sit in dirty diapers for days, give asylees toothbrushes but no toothpaste, and deny children regular showers and proper medical care? Will we turn a blind eye when children are dying at the hands of the CBP officers? Will we watch as retirees are forced to choose between paying for rent, paying for groceries, or paying for their medication? Will we stand by and watch as our neighbors, our parents are forced to stretch their medication because they are being denied the pension that they were promised, that they worked for? We are a country where migrants and asylees can come for a better life. We are a nation where you can work hard and retire with the peace of mind that you have earned your keep. Democrats are fighting to protect the promise of the American Dream for everyone. Mr.…”