Political Quotes

“I want to talk about the terrible humanitarian crisis faced by the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as the gulf coast and the people of Florida, who have endured the fury and ferocity of Mother Nature at its worst. All of the people who live in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are Americans. First and foremost, they are Americans who are going through one of the toughest periods of their lives, a time that no American wants to face alone. My message to the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: You are not alone. You are not alone in this humanitarian crisis. Congress will act. We will provide the kind of relief package--food, medicine, whatever supplies are necessary not only to endure and survive but to eventually thrive. That is more than just rhetoric; that is a promise this Senate must make to our fellow Americans. These Americans citizens in Puerto Rico, for example, have lost their homes, their businesses, their livelihoods, and, some of them, loved ones. I come to this floor on this issue that has preoccupied me and others because it is truly a story of two storms. It is a tale of two catastrophes--one of them resulting from nature's fury but the other manmade. We know very visibly and dramatically about the storm that directly hit Puerto Rico, and it is called Maria.…”