Political Quotes

“I will in just a minute. I am happy to yield as soon as I finish. I want to make this point as clearly as I can. I believe that this is not a windfall. Let's assume that instead of $600 a week, your calculation makes it $450 a week. So $150 times 16 weeks--that is 4 months. How much is that going to come out to? $2,400? Is that going to mean that someone now becomes lazy and won't go back to work? I don't think so. I think a lot of people will use that money and need that money and are given a helping hand and will put it right back in the economy. That is what this is about--that these families can keep their homes, pay their utility bills, put food on the table, and put the money back into the economy. That is part of what we are trying to achieve here. If we err on the side of giving a hard-working family an extra $1,000 or $2,000 because of our approach, so be it. No apologies. We didn't design this system. We were told we had to work within the design of the system. We tried to do it. We think the $600 a week is a reasonable way to do it, and I will yield for a question.”