Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, the Republicans lost the majority and the Presidency because of their incompetence on COVID and the economy, and passed a tax cut for the rich that exploded the deficit by $400 billion, and the debt by $4 trillion. So forgive me if I won't stand here and be lectured about fiscal responsibility from folks who took their only moment in charge to give windfalls to the wealthiest Americans, and now they are desperate to paint a sad picture of America. They are invested in our Nation's failure, solely as a desperate move to try to get back to power. Meanwhile, we Democrats are delivering. First, we defended democracy. I was up there in the Chamber on January 6 when a violent insurrection attempted to stop the democratic, peaceful transfer of power. This violent insurrection was stoked by my Republican colleagues. They don't want to talk about that now. But that's too bad. They attacked our democracy. They desecrated this Chamber by stoking extremism. Yet, we got back here and they voted ``no'' and we voted ``yes'' to make sure that American voters were heard and certified Joe Biden's election as President. And yes, some brave Republicans joined us because they realized it was treason. We will defend democracy and hold those responsible accountable through the January 6 committee. Second, we got the pandemic under control. We passed the American Rescue Plan, put shots in arms, money in pockets, got kids back to school and families back to work.…”