Political Quotes

“We are talking about a very modest amount of money. We Members have been talking about billions of dollars yesterday and today. This amendment does not even get near the $1 billion figure. While we regularly talk of billions and trillion of dollars around here as if they don't count much, they surely count if you have a child in a children's hospital needing help, if you are a parent trying to afford child care and you are working, if you have seen what happens to children that are abused. The millions of dollars that this amendment will restore, while not the billions we usually talk about, can make a huge difference to a family with a sick child or in need of child care. Sixty thousand children could be positively affected by keeping the funding level for child care, not to mention the thousands of kids who need the help in our children's hospitals for pediatric care, and not to mention the abused and neglected children that would benefit from this amendment. I hope that the request that I am making to my colleagues on the Budget Committee with this amendment will find some room in their hearts to at least keep the playing field level for children and families that need our help. If we reduce the tax cut by this tiny amount, it will not cause any great damage to other people. These programs are deserving. The American public believes that children who are sick and need care, abused kids, deserve to get help. I urge adoption of this amendment.”