Political Quotes

“I have listened to a lot of Republicans here on the House floor and back in Connecticut talk about how they think that the only way to build up America is to tear down government and start divesting from our public institutions. That's simply not the history of this country. Over the last 100 years, we've become the world's leader by layering massive private investment on top of massive public investment. And yet day after day, I listen to the right wing come down to this floor and tell the American people that we can no longer afford to make these kinds of investments that we used to make in roads, in rails, in schools, and in new technologies. And, so, it's time that the rest of us stood up here and told them that they're simply wrong, that America is not broke. We have all of the resources and all of the willpower necessary to make the investments we need in order to regain our global competitive edge, but only if we start dealing with facts rather than just with political rhetoric. So, over the next few minutes, I want to show you four pretty simple charts that debunk this myth that our Nation is broke and that we can't muster the resources necessary to meet the challenges of a global century. Let's start here. The United States is still the richest country in the world. In fact, our GDP ranks us at the top of the list among G-20 countries.…”