Political Quotes

“I will not yield at this moment. I want to finish my comment as I allowed the Senator from South Dakota to finish his. I hope the Senator from Arkansas will show me that respect. Thank you. Measures that have been raised this morning are important measures, and for the most part, my colleagues are pushing an open door. The Rubio-Cardin plan is one that I support. It is supported on a bipartisan basis. I think it is an excellent idea for dealing with the challenges of restaurants and small businesses. I support it. There is no issue in terms of whether that will be included in the final package. I believe it will, and I certainly hope it will. As for the notion of cash payments that was brought to us by the White House, I don't hear any objection whatsoever on the Democratic side of the aisle to it. With regard to the notion of extending unemployment insurance and providing additional benefits within unemployment insurance, I guess we are going to argue as to who came up with the idea first, but both sides agree on that basic idea. So these proposals that have been brought before us are not in controversy, as I understand it, in the negotiations that are underway. The thing that I was concerned about and that Senator Schumer addressed--and Senator Manchin raised the same issue--was really focusing on the threshold issue of the capacity of our healthcare system to deal with this public health crisis.…”