Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 6800. A short time ago we were experiencing the greatest economic growth our nation has ever seen, businesses expanding, record low unemployment, more prosperity for Americans across the board. Suddenly we find our nation thrust into a major health crisis, a pandemic caused by a coronavirus outbreak which began in Wuhan, China. Today, we have lost more than eighty thousand Americans from the virus and our economy is struggling as nearly thirty million Americans have lost their jobs. Early on we took steps as a nation, and in each state, to suspend economic activity in order to slow the spread of the pandemic to keep our health care system from being overwhelmed and that worked. Hopefully many of the millions of job losses are only temporary, but some will be permanent losses. The longer the economy stays locked up, the more likely we are to lose these jobs permanently. Most of the states are focusing on safely reopening in a manner that prevents outbreaks that would overwhelm the health care systems. Washington's focus should be on finding ways to support those efforts so that Americans can safely return to work and get our economy working again. Unfortunately, the $3 trillion, 1,800-page bill before us today fails to focus on a path for a working economy.…”