Political Quotes

“Mr. President, let me say to the Senator from Louisiana, she has been a clarion and consistent voice on this issue because she has seen it and lived it. Anyone representing the State of Louisiana can give a lesson to all of us about what happens when the unexpected occurs and people lose their homes, their businesses, their lives. They are uprooted. We had some folks from New Orleans in Chicago. They were leaving New Orleans to come to one of our fabulous winters because they had nowhere to go, and I saw the look in their eyes. They did not know where to turn. At that moment in time, many people across America count on the American family. That is who we are and we represent that family in the Senate. We stand for this country and for the families who are suffering through no fault of their own. When the Senator from Louisiana comes and tells us: Be careful when we set a standard that says before we can send the first dollar to someone who has lost their home or their business or their farm or whatever we have to come back to Washington and go through a budget debate and decide where we are going to cut--out of money for education and medical research and the like. That is not the way it has ever happened. Emergency spending is emergency spending.…”