Political Quotes

“it is great to be back on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It is a heavy obligation that we have before us. On March 17, I was contacted by the Tri-County Health Department to notify me that on March 11 I had been in a meeting with a Coloradan who later tested positive for COVID-19, and at the advice of the Tri-County Health Department and the attending physician in the Capitol, I entered self-quarantine to protect my colleagues, our community, and our family. That time has now expired as of this morning. I certainly regret the fact that I missed a vote that passed 90 to 8 to complete phase 2 of our help to address COVID-19. I wish I had been here because the vote would have been 91 to 8. Throughout that time I was in quarantine, I had an opportunity to visit with thousands and thousands of Coloradans through telephone townhalls in every congressional district to hear from individuals who have lost their jobs, to hear from business owners who were terrified about what happens next, to hear from parents who are at home with their kids who are out of school, not knowing if they go back at all to school; how to figure out how Zoom works, how to figure out how Skype works, how to figure out how technology works to teach their kids at home. Throughout this process I adopted a three-pronged approach to what we must do as a country to get through the crisis at hand. No.…”