Political Quotes

“Again, we are hours away from the decision that's before this country, about whether or not to support President Obama's effort to turn this economy around, and I think it's so important, again, for the facts really to have an opportunity to be heard before that vote takes place. Back in Connecticut, the head of The Carpenters Union, Chuck Appleby, once said at a hearing we had the other day on the need for infrastructure investment that the best social program is a job. A job provides people with wages. A good job provides people with wages and benefits, but even more importantly, it gives people dignity and confidence in themselves and their future, and that's what's missing right now. We have seen an economy that's lost 3.6 million jobs in the last 13 months, and people are just hunkering down and pulling back because of a legitimate fear about not knowing where the future is headed and whether or not that future has a place for them. And President Obama gets that, and that's why this measure is aimed directly at stopping that hemorrhaging and making sure that we inject not just investment but also confidence back into the American economy.”