Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois for his comments because when he started talking tonight he talked about his great hope and optimism for this country, the fact that we really do live in the greatest Nation on the face of this earth. But we face tremendous challenges. The unemployment that you spoke about for your State, the unemployment in Wisconsin, the unemployment levels in Colorado and across this country are significant. Fourteen million people who are out of work, and if you start looking at the people who are underemployed or who've simply given up looking for work, that number increases even more. I want to share with you something that I think is very difficult for all of us to realize is happening, and that's the fact that there's more fear about our future than at many other times in our history. According to a recent newspaper account, a resounding 69 percent of respondents said the country is in decline. But yet we know this country is better. We know this country is great. We know that the bills that we have passed, the leadership that we have provided will restore the greatness of this country and get this country working again. I have worked with my colleague from Colorado for many years in the State legislature. He is a small businessman, somebody who knows how to sign a check to employees, to work under regulations that he has had to deal with, and in the State legislature he stood up for jobs, and I know he's doing the same thing here.…”