Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. Right now, House leadership is forcing a vote on a bill that they know will go nowhere. Instead of working to find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing problems, they have chosen to put politics above the needs of the American people. They have chosen to put politics above jobs, the economy, health care, comprehensive immigration reform and, again, they are playing politics with millions of hardworking families who have lost their job through no fault of their own and are currently looking for jobs. Currently, over 2 million people have lost unemployment insurance because of these political games. Every week, 72,000 people, on average, are losing their unemployment benefits nationwide while they are looking for jobs. In my home State of California, almost 350,000 people are living on the brink of financial disaster because of these games. This is exactly the kind of political gamesmanship that the American people are sick and tired of. House leadership continues to refuse to restore these vital economic lifelines that help people support their families and pay their bills while they look for a new job.…”