Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from the great State of Virginia (Ms. McClellan), who is also a member of the leadership team for the New Democrat Coalition. Ms. McCLELLAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, Brad Schneider, for organizing this Special Order hour so that we can talk about the Trump-Vance-Musk administration's erratic and senseless attacks on the Federal Government, their Federal hiring freeze, their ill-conceived and shortsighted actions in the first 2 weeks, and how they are actually going to raise costs for the American people and not lower costs for the American people. Mr. Speaker, you have heard about the tariffs that were on, then off, then paused, except against China. Before the tariffs were announced, I was meeting with local leaders across my district from the rural southern end to the urban northern end. My farmers were worried about the trade war that the tariffs would unleash and how it would decimate the largest industry in Virginia which is agriculture. The seniors across the district were worried about the impact that rescinding efforts to reduce prescription drug costs would have on their healthcare bills. Other seniors were worried about how attacks on energy efficiency programs that they use to weatherize their homes and reduce their electric bills would lead to higher utility bills.…”