Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there is a very good radio reporter in smalltown Iowa named Robert Leonard, or ``Dr. Bob,'' as he is known, who interviews me every month. I recently read an opinion piece he wrote in the New York Times where he gives his take on the perspective of rural America toward the role of government. This perspective is often lost in policy debates in our Nation's Capital. In this piece, Dr. Bob gives very thorough and intellectually honest commentary that more people should read. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the New York Times article entitled, ``Why Rural America Voted for Trump'' by Robert Leonard dated January 5, 2017. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, Jan. 5, 2017] Why Rural America Voted for Trump (By Robert Leonard) Knoxville, IA.--One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom I've known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: ``Let's go to work. Let the liberals sleep in.'' The other nodded. They're hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents' farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship.…”