Political Quotes

“I have to say first and foremost that it has been a real privilege to work with Senator Murray from the State of Washington. We are across the hall from one another. We see each other coming and going and coming back to the floor and from the office. We have worked hard, our staffs have worked hard, and finally today lightning has struck. We are about today--in the Congress of the United States--to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and address one of the significant challenges that face America today. As we sit in this Chamber and talk about this bill, there are 10.6 million Americans who are unemployed. There are also 4 million jobs waiting to be filled by people who need specific skills. This bill deals with the skills deficit in America, and it is going to match some of those unemployed with some of those jobs to lower our unemployment rate and raise the rate of prosperity in American families. This is an important bill. A lot of people who have watched the Senate over the past few years might have said: How in the world did you reach an agreement on anything? You always seem to be fighting, you always seem to be arguing. I want to tell a brief story. About 1 month ago Senator Murray and I joined a few other Members of the Senate--Senator Harkin, Senator Alexander, a couple of Members from the House: Representative Foxx of North Carolina and Representative Kline, the chairman of the Education & the Workforce Committee in the House.…”