Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object. The first thing I want to do is I want to thank my colleague from Louisiana for the kind words about my tenure as Governor and tell him I respect and admire his passion for being a U.S. Senator and his passion for the wonderful State of Louisiana, which is a wonderful State. As we all know, this is a challenging time for every level of government. This crisis was unprecedented, and Congress absolutely took bold action to stem the spread of the virus and work to save our economy. But if we are not careful, Congress will create another equally devastating crisis down the road, a crisis of our own making. Our national debt and deficits--already at unsustainable levels--have skyrocketed as Congress has spent, as my colleague said, almost $3 trillion to address this crisis. To put that in perspective, Congress has spent $9,000 for every American--$9,000 for every American. At some point, we need to start thinking about the impact this spending will have on the future of our children and our grandchildren and how we are impacting our ability to fund our military and our safety nets like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Again, I know everyone here, including my colleague from Louisiana, wants to help their State.…”