Political Quotes

“I think today we have a bill that I hope we can vote for on both sides of the aisle. At least, that sounds like the debate that we have had. Two or 3 weeks ago, we had a bill on the floor that basically did the same thing. We also had health care provisions. Last Monday, I received a letter from the minority leader that said ``I don't want UI and health care benefits put together in this bill.'' We took it out. Now we have a bill that basically has UI benefits. We have three things that I think are important for this country, not only helping those people who are out of work, and they need help, but also, most people who are out of work will tell us one thing: They want a job. It is our job to help create jobs in this country. There are some fundamental things we can do. First of all, all American families that work have accumulated some kind of wealth, either through 401(k)s or mutual funds or savings accounts or pensions. They lost value after September 11. Luckily, that value is starting to come back, and people are seeing that their savings are starting to be restored. But that is a valuable asset that we have in this country. That is a valuable asset for every American family. We need to get confidence in those markets that people will put money back in again and see that value rise.”