Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for his continued leadership. I want to underscore a couple of things that he said, and especially reaching out to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. It is not often that I think you see us come to the floor and talk about following President Trump, but I believe they should follow their President in this instance, because he had both the audacity and the temerity to argue in front of 16 other Republicans when he was campaigning for President and they attempted to corner him and commit that Social Security was an entitlement. He said, no, it is an earned benefit; it needs to be protected. To his credit, he had written before about it in a book as well, and so he is on the record. We will pass a bill in the House of Representatives, there is no question, with more than 206 original cosponsors on the bill, but what we need to happen here, I think, is for people to come together in a way that they did in 1983 and present the American people. Now, some would say, well, geez, that is impossible to do. The House is Democratic, the President is Republican, and the Senate is Republican. In 1983, the House was Democratic and Tip O'Neill was the Speaker; Ronald Reagan was the President; Howard Baker was the Senate majority leader, a Republican.…”