Political Quotes

“I want to salute the people both in my region of the country and those across the United States who have faced these disasters. They have demonstrated the kind of courage, the kind of sensitivity and compassion for their fellow man which characterizes us as a Nation. The President saluted them, and I would join as well. But I am saddened today to be standing here engaged in the same debate that we engaged in a few months ago during the Midwest flood. It is hard to believe that there are people today in southern California homeless, unable to go to work, perhaps critically injured, wondering if they are going to get a helping hand, who, if they turn on C-SPAN, will hear us droning on in congressional debate. The people in southern California do not need a congressional debate; they need a helping hand from this Nation, a hand that was extended to my neighbors in the Midwest, that should be extended to the people of southern California.”