Political Quotes

“Good news to report to my colleague from the Commonwealth of Kentucky: a gallon of gasoline on the way to the airport this morning--$3.46 a gallon. I wish it were lower, but we have made progress from the days when it was over $5. We are moving in the right direction. And, incidentally, this President has created more jobs than any President in a similar period in the history of the United States. Do we have challenges? You bet we do. But to write this administration off as unproductive is to ignore the obvious. We came out of this pandemic, and when we did, we faced the problems that nations around the world were facing. Literally, could we deal with inflation? Demand was pent up, and it overwhelmed the services and goods that were available and inflation started to rise. It took its toll--it still does--on American families, but to ignore what we have been able to do is to really turn our backs on reality. What about that rescue plan, the American Rescue Plan? I remember it, and I remember there wasn't a single Republican voting for it. Almost 20 percent of the American Rescue Plan went to State and local governments to deal with issues like crime to make safer streets and safer neighborhoods for Americans across the board. That is the kind of money well-spent, and yet the Republicans wouldn't give us a single vote. You heard the Senator from Kentucky deriding it at this moment as a waste of billions of dollars.…”