Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, after four, long painful months, Senate Republicans continue to block the House-passed Heroes Act to provide coronavirus relief to the fed-up American people. Since May, thousands more businesses have folded, millions remain jobless, and U.S. deaths doubled to 200,000. Democrats have been negotiating in good faith. We were at $3 trillion for our original Heroes Act. We have asked the Republicans who were at $1 trillion to meet us halfway, and here we are, with them still stuck in the mud, refusing to do what the American people need us to do, to help make sure they can recover from this deadly viral pandemic. Sadly, Republicans think we are being too generous with the American people, so many of whom are struggling to stay healthy amid a global pandemic and pay their bills since the worst recession since the Great Depression. My Governor just let a moratorium on evictions expire. He just reopened the State to 100 percent capacity, as if the virus is not still rampaging through our State. Democrats offered this updated Heroes Act to defeat this virus and put money in the pockets of stressed Americans. It is way past time for Republicans to meet us halfway. This bill improves the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses and non-profits and provides billions to local governments and schools.…”